Warnings of financial crash as number of down valuations increase
Warnings of a financial crash have been circulated by estate agents Emoov following a significant rise in homes being valued at less than what buyers have agreed to pay. The so-called "down valuations" can mean buyers having to pay thousands of pounds extra, up front, to avoid the sale collapsing. This happens when lenders value homes below the sale price. According to mortgage advisers London and Country the number of its advisers seeing down valuations on a daily basis now "outweighs" those who...
Air can be turned into drinking water – using just salt and sunlight, say scientists
It offers a cheap solution for providing the most vulnerable populations in the world with water - some of whom lack access for at least a month every year.
Over half of homeless families across England are in work, charity warns
The homelessness crisis in the UK has been highlighted, once again, by charity Shelter. A FOI request has found that over 33,000 families are holding down a job even though they are in unstable temporary accommodation. Back in 2013 there were 19,000 families in this position. The increase is an astonishing 73 per cent. One single mother, Mary Smith, has bravely spoken out about how she fell on hard times and ended up in temporary accommodation. Mary and her three...
Leaving EU with no deal could prompt “civil unrest,” claims Amazon UK boss
The head of operations in the UK for Amazon made some very worrying claims over a no deal Brexit. He claimed that civil unrest could break out across the UK within days of a no deal Brexit kicking in. UK boss Doug Gurr told a meeting organised by new Brexit secretary Dominic Raab that Amazon was now considering this worst-case outcome as part of their contingency planning. His remarks make Amazon UK the first company to make such a stark...
Don’t listen to the media smear, this is still peak Corbyn
In 2015 ahead of the Labour leadership election Jeremy Corbyn was a 200-1 outsider on the Betfair Exchange to win the contest. Without enough nominations to make the ballot the Islington North MP was written off by most of the media. His shock win sent shockwaves across the political spectrum that continued to reverberate as he fended off a leadership bid in 2017, took away the Tory majority in 2018 and guided Labour into the number one spot in the polls...
Death of Windrush man could have been caused by stress of “racist & xenophobic” government immigration policies
Lawyers for Dexter Bristol, 58, argue hostile immigration policies should form part of his inquest
A skin patch that measure how stress you are by your sweat has been developed by scientists.
The patch will worn in real time so if someone is getting stressed so they can take steps to avoid it.
“Memory Cop” has caught more than 1,000 suspects using face recognition skills
Andy Pope, 40, identified one robber he had seen an image of a year before and another by the mole on their face
Right wingers buy luxury brands to maintain their social status
More likely to pay more for a car, designer sunglasses or top of the range headphones to signal their status