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image credit: rightmove United Kingdom is facing a fall in housing prices in some parts of the regions consecutively for the fifth month in a row. It has been observed that falling housing prices can occur for various reasons it includes not only recession but inflation, cost of living and rising mortgage costs are playing a huge role for the continuing fall. Homeowners may incur increased costs as a result of inflation, which is the rise in the average price level of goods and services in an economy. Homeowners may find it harder to make their mortgage payments when living expenses rise, which might result in more defaults and foreclosures. In addition, rising interest rates can make it more difficult for purchasers to get mortgages, which would decrease housing demand and cause a ...

Michelle Yeoh wins ‘Best Actress’ at Golden Globe Awards 2023 — Image credit: Lifestyle Asia Michelle Yeoh has crowned Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Motion Picture during the 2023 Golden Globes for her starring role in the sci-fi comedy ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, directed by the "Daniels" (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), which has become one of 2022's greatest success stories. It is a quirky, non-franchise picture with an entirely unique narrative about a Chinese immigrant woman who operates a laundromat with her husband, has a strained relationship with her kid, and gets drawn into a fanciful conspiracy to destroy the universe. This is not your average Oscar fare. Here is the official trailer of the 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' film: https://youtu.be/wxN

The Government's scrapping of three recommendations in the Windrush report has left many campaigners, victims and their families disappointed. But who are the Windrush generation and why is this backtracking significant to British history? This article explains it all. The National Windrush Monument in Waterloo station has been recently met with mixed reviews due to the Government's retreat on Windrush reforms. Photo Credit: Tyler Nicholas In a written statement to the House of Commons last week, the Home Secretary Suella Braverman, 42, told MPs that she would not proceed with changes made in the Windrush report to prevent a similar scandal from recurring. The changes included rejecting the proposal to establish a migrants’ commissioner, which was recommended in the review into the

Gibraltar Rock/Public domain picture Nadhim Zahawi, the chairman of the Tory Party, was recently fired by Rishi Sunak following a scandal involving a tax bill related to the sale of shares in YouGov, a polling company that Zahawi co-founded in 2020 before he was elected to the House of Commons. Nadhim Zahaw/Wikipedia What exactly is an offshore firm? An offshore company is a corporation or business that is operated apart from the owner's residence. It is a company that is run outside the owner’s country of residents. For instance, one of Zahawi's problems is registering his business, YouGov, a polling company, in Gibraltar, which is situated at the southernmost tip of Europe. Why do people operate their offshore company? There are numerous justifications for opera

Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, Shakira, Bob Dylan, David Bowie. What do all of these artists have in common? Aside from being chart-topping successes in their own right, they are also all artists who have signed deals to sell their musical catalogue in some form.  https://youtu.be/xwKrAsbQzVw By: Delia Rowland The most recent artist to have joined the ranks is global pop sensation Justin Bieber who inked a deal for $200 million dollars giving Hipgnosis Songs Capital the rights to his entire back catalogue. This news came as a surprise to the industry as Bieber is one of the youngest to sell the rights to his music. At 28, the superstar performer is still relatively new in his career, meaning he's not yet in that legendary status that might generate steadfast enough returns ac