We believe in freedom. Free press. Free speech. Free markets. If you share these values, join us today. |  | Isabelle Fraser Money Features Editor | Over the past few years, buy-to-let has become far less profitable and much more onerous as new rules have piled up. There are pockets of Britain, however, where savvy landlords can thrive. In our new series, we will uncover the areas that offer the best opportunities for those looking to invest, concentrating on places with high levels of demand and those best for students and families.
In our first instalment, we’ve identified the cities with the greatest yields, of 10 per cent or more. We have also examined the areas where low property prices offer an easy way to enter the market and make your money back, and considered where demand is highest.
If you want to investigate for yourself, our buy-to-let market tracker tool gives you huge amounts of data, from average rents to demand levels and yields by local authority area.
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Use our market tracker tool here ➤ | | Kemi Badenoch We are a party of conviction, firmly on the Right. This is why and how we are different from Reform Continue reading ➤ Camilla Tominey The Right cannot win as Reform alone Continue reading ➤ William Sitwell Britain’s tyrannical food police threaten to ruin every good restaurant – including mine Continue reading ➤ | | Can anyone fix the problems at West Midlands Police? Craig Guildford, the force’s chief constable, has retired early after he misled MPs over the intelligence that preceded a ban on Israeli fans travelling to a football match. The problems run far deeper than just one man, though. Gordon Rayner investigates how the force was captured by an axis of Corbynites and Muslim radicals. Continue reading ➤ | |  | | Freddie Mercury and his partner Mary Austin at his 38th birthday, September 1985 | | Two years after it was put on the market, Freddie Mercury’s eight-bedroom, £30m Kensington mansion remains unsold. That means a continuation of the bitter feud between the late Queen frontman’s ex-partner, Mary Austin, who is the house’s vendor, and Mercury’s younger sister Kashmira Bulsara, who vehemently opposes the sale of any of his belongings. Austin was the love of Mercury’s life and the chief beneficiary of his will. As the property – and the death of Mercury’s “secret daughter” this week – shunts Austin back into the spotlight, Marianka Swain charts the battle over the superstar’s legacy. Continue reading ➤ | | | | | Eve Simmons thought she was married to the man of her dreams. The two had been wed for six months – and together for nine years – when he turned her life upside down by asking for a divorce. In retrospect, she realised that her shocking break-up was hardly a surprise. She shares the red flags to look out for. Continue reading ➤ | | | Glasgow’s ornate Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | | Having spent several decades exploring the length and breadth of the country, travel expert Chris Moss is well placed to offer a candid verdict on which British cities are most worth visiting. Here he rates the 20 biggest, taking into account everything from cultural attractions to characterful pubs, quality of shops to friendliness of locals. Which southern city gets the wooden spoon, and which northern powerhouse takes the top spot? Find out here. Continue reading ➤ | | | | | Charlie Ireland, known to fans as ‘Cheerful Charlie’, near his home in Oxfordshire | | In a rare interview, “Cheerful Charlie” Ireland talks to Ed Cumming at his home in Oxfordshire about how Clarkson’s Farm has brought him a bewildering level of fame, why Labour don’t understand farmers, and the brutal death of his father from MND: “There were some dark times. When you have been able-bodied, or able to use all your limbs, the psychological impact is immense.” Continue reading ➤ | | | Daniel Good and his wife Maria Jose Munoz have moved to Spain with their two children, Eva and Santiago | Some Britons dream of relocating to sunny Spain, but might not consider the bureaucratic headaches, costly errors and tricky cultural differences that can come with it, especially if you’re moving with children. In the second instalment of our new series, a family that made the jump explains how to make the Iberian dream a seamless reality. Continue reading ➤ Below are two more articles that I hope will be useful this weekend: - Beaujolais is back in fashion and better than ever. These bottles are particularly good after a spell in the fridge – even during winter.
- Anya Hindmarch has teamed up with Boots for a pop-up in which leather charms branded as Berocca or Advil sit alongside everyday items. These are the ones to buy.
| Winter projects | A crisp, spiced apple tart with a crunchy almond topping |  | Diana Henry The Telegraph’s award-winning cookery writer | Our relationship with the kitchen changes in the winter. I wouldn’t spend a whole afternoon baking in the summer; the outside demands your attention and, if it’s hot, I’ll be reluctantly getting ready for a barbecue.
I’m not a lover of hot weather – I’ll sit in a deckchair in the garden for 15 minutes and then want to go back indoors. Hot weather impedes whatever I want to get on with.
All summer I try to stick to the rules of the season, being outside as much as possible. But I look forward to autumn and then winter. My mum used to tell me to stop reading when I was a child. She’d say, “go out there and get a bit of sun on your face.” I would think, “just leave me alone”. | ‘Good morning’ breakfast marmalade | I am an unapologetic lover of the cold seasons. I like the rules of winter. Winter gives you complete permission to be in the kitchen, and not just for cooking the evening meal. You have kitchen projects. You clear your kitchen counter, put your apron on and get out your measuring spoons. Weekends fill up with marmalade-making – I associate citrus smells with this time of year, trying unusual ones that contain grapefruit or lime as well as oranges. | Wedge-shaped, nutty scones to eat with jam | I make bread. Not sourdough, but Irish Guinness bread that doesn’t have to be kneaded and which rises because of the reaction between buttermilk and baking soda. You can have a loaf, warm from the oven, at 3pm, in time for tea.
I try cakes and pastries I’ve never made before, though I always choose simple ones, such as a German Apfelkuchen or a Hungarian poppy-seed cake. If you’ve only ever made English scones, try American alternatives, which are richer than ours (like the hazelnut variety, pictured above). Winter dictates that you hibernate. The kitchen is the best place to do it.
Find me here every Saturday – and in the new Telegraph Recipes Newsletter which you can sign up to here.
Happy cooking! | Andrew Baker’s Saturday Quiz |
Gather round for the latest instalment of my Saturday quiz.
You can find the answers at the end of the newsletter. - The United States is said to be interested in acquiring Greenland from Denmark. On this date in 1917, the US paid Denmark $25 million for which territory?
- In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the prince of Denmark is disturbed by the ghost of his father. What was his father’s name?
- The town of Hamelin, where the Pied Piper was employed, is in which modern country?
- Pied, Grey and Yellow variants of which common bird are often seen in the UK?
- The Yellow River, or Huanghe, is regarded as the “mother river” of which nation?
| | Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including PlusWord, Sorted, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.
Yesterday’s Panagram was DETERGENT. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle. | | Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor
P.S. Please send me your thoughts on this newsletter. You can email me here. | Quiz answers: - The Virgin Islands
- Hamlet (they share the same name)
- Germany
- Wagtail
- China
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