Author: LoveWorld UK

UK house sellers are cutting their asking prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade, after high interest rates dampened demand for property this summer. The proportion of homes on the market which have had at least one price reduction is at its highest level since January 2011, the property website Rightmove has reported. According to Rightmove, more than 36% of properties on the market have had their asking price reduced at least once, compared with the pre-pandemic average of 31.2%, as sellers tried to attract offers. The increase is due to a combination of interest rate rises,…

RHAPATHON WITH PASTOR CHRIS – Continues today at 5pm and 10am till Sunday 17th September 2023 The epochal event Rhapathon with Pastor Chris kicked off on Wednesday with resounding worldwide impact as translators and partners from all over the world gathered in Lagos, Nigeria for the event. The opening session featured Rev Tom Amenkhienan, a member of the Central Executive Council of the Loveworld Nation. The labourers are many and we are the labourers, Rev Tom encouraged everyone to act now. Rhapathon with Pastor Chris continues today at 5pm GMT+1 and 10am GMT+1 till Sunday.  Register today at www.reachoutworld.org

Rishi Sunak will not face a sanction for breaching confidentiality rules around the investigation into his original failure to declare his wife’s shares in a childcare company that benefitted from the budget. Parliament’s standards committee, which scrutinises the behaviour of MPs, found Mr Sunak’s breach of confidentiality rules was “inadvertent”. Standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg opened an investigation into the prime minister at the end of March following a complaint that he failed to declare his wife Akshata Murthy’s shares in childcare company Koru Kids during a session before the liaison committee. Later that month the investigation, which looked into whether Mr…

The 27-year-old received an eight-month ban in May for breaching Football Association betting rules. He cannot play until January but can return to training from Monday. “It’s very good to have him back, he’s a very good player but more importantly a person to have around the group,” Frank said. “I’m pretty sure he’s also very happy to be allowed back in to play football and to be around his team-mates that he loves to be around,” he added. “He’s vibrant, definitely, and he’ll give us a lift. We’d prefer to have him in the team, but that’s not possible.” Instead, Frank…

The government is poised to announce a £500m support package for Tata Steel to secure the future of the Port Talbot steelworks, in an agreement that could lead to as many as 3,000 job losses. India’s Tata group, which owns the vast steelworks in south Wales – Britain’s biggest – has been in negotiations over government subsidies to help it either transition to greener production methods or look at site closures. Tata Steel UK, which employs about 8,000 staff at two of Britain’s four remaining blast furnaces, does not earn enough to cover the cost of decarbonisation on its own. About 4,000 people are…

The public inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes must be widened to examine the NHS’s “cover-up culture” over failures in patient safety, the health service ombudsman has said. The inquiry should also look into why so many hospital bosses ignore concerns about lapses in safety and victimise whistleblowers who raise them, Rob Behrens told the Guardian. He wants the inquiry to investigate how the NHS generally deals with failings in care, as well as exploring how Letby was able to murder seven babies and try to kill six others at the Countess of Chester hospital, despite senior doctors raising the alarm about…

Tobias Ellwood has quit as Defence Committee chairman ahead of an expected vote of no confidence. The Conservative former defence minister had faced a backlash over the summer from fellow committee members after claiming that security in Afghanistan has “vastly improved” and “corruption is down” since the fundamentalists returned in 2021. In a resignation statement, Mr Ellwood said “poor communications” about engagement with Afghanistan were “understandably criticised” and announced he would step down with “deep regret”. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said: “It is with deep regret that I have tendered my resignation as Chair of the Defence…

Tory MPs have called into question a pledge of £1.62 billion to the Green Climate Fund, made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the G20 summit, in India last week. The funding was pledged with the aim of assisting vulnerable regions in coping with the effects of climate change. Critics argue that this allocation of resources could have been better spent domestically, addressing issues such as special needs education, healthcare, and housing. Craig Mackinlay, the MP for South Thanet, said he was concerned over Western nations redirecting aid funds from humanitarian efforts to climate initiatives. Funding Shift May Help China…

Threads, Meta’s recent competitor to Twitter, is facing harsh criticism for blocking search results for terms related to the pandemic, including vaccines. The new text platform, which is linked to Instagram, rolled out its new search function last week, a major step towards giving it more parity with X, formerly known as Twitter. After Thread’s July release, Meta has been rolling out several much needed updates in recent weeks, including a requested desktop version and user search functionality. However, within 24 hours of the recent update, the social media giant was hit with controversy, as the new search function proved useless…

Discount supermarket chain Lidl has revealed its British arm swung to an annual loss after battling to keep a lid on prices as its costs rose “across the board”. The group reported pre-tax losses of £76m for the year to 28 February against profits of £41.1m the previous year as it also invested heavily in the business. Sales jumped by 18.8% to £9.3bn over the year and the group said it increased its share of the supermarket sector. But it said the losses came as it faced a “challenging inflationary environment which led to an increase in costs across the board” and…