UK property sales at 16-year high as house prices soar Hilary Osborne © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Loop Images Ltd/Alamy
The number of homes sold in the UK hit a record high in March as buyers and sellers attempted to complete deals before the end of the stamp duty holiday.
An estimated 180,690 transactions were recorded during the month, according to official figures from HMRC – double the total in March 2020 and the highest number since it started publishing the data in this way in 2005. © Photograph: Loop Images Ltd/Alamy The ONS figures put the average price of a home in the UK at £250,000 in February, an increase of £20,000 on the same month of 2020.
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Promising highly-specialised equipment, the upgraded heart facility aims to enhance quality of care for heart patients. The cardiac catheter lab is part of Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust’s cardiology department which cares for around 2,500 Wirral residents fitted with pacemakers. Around 1,000 procedures, such as implantation of pacemakers, are carried out in the lab each year. These small electrical devices are placed in the chest and are used to treat some abnormal heart rhythms. The department also fits and monitors implantable loop recorders. It means that throughout the day, the cardiac monitor can keep track of the heart’s electrical activity.