In the year tojuly. Competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. Data shows there was a 5. 5 increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and thats despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. In scotland the average rent was up 5. 7 ina year. And there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales up 6. 5 . Ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. Thank you for coming on the programme. What do you make of those numbers . , ,. ,. , numbers . Sadly, its not a huge Surrise Numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are seeing numbers . Sadly, its not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up. Forso surprise that we are seeing rents going up. For s
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we will be live in israel and also in kyiv in the next few minutes. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with the masters golf, because there s been a big move at the top of the leaderbaord. the american brook koepka has moved three shots clear on ten under. he was one of the early starters at augusta and birdied the par five second to move to eight under. he had beenjoint leader withjon rahm and victor hovland who dont start their second round for another few hours. koepka has just eagled the eighth. ten under at the moment. he is one of 17 rebel liv series golfers who are taking part at augusta. jason day has made a strong start, two under for his second round, he s up to seven under, tied for second. a lot of golf to be played on friday. scotland s women failed to qualify for this years world cup but they have claimed a morale boosting victory over the co hosts australia. they won i nil,
good afternoon. we start in the middle east, where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots, and drone operators, as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians, two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects, who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. w