1.   All house owners must pay council tax.

2.   Having never seen brown coal before, she presumed the house owner would shovel the load down to his cellar when convenient.

3.   The cost of subsidence to house owners and local authorities is reflected in the level of claims paid out by insurance companies.

4.   They know a white sierra car was seen stalking the area and are warning other house owners to be on their guard.

5.   The guest house owners say the insurance companies are discriminating against the homeless.

6.   But the house owners the Forestry Commission say it must come down.

7.   This too would assist house plant owners keen on chatting to their charges but less of a mind to water them.

8.   The number of council house owners in Darlington would double under new Conservative plans, Mr Fallon said this week.

9.   He said his party would abolish mortgage interest relief and replace it with housing cost relief so that tenants as well as house owners could benefit.