News

House prices actually went up in February

In stark contrast to the Nationwide and Halifax house price indices, the Acadametrics index (AcadHPI) actually rose over the month by 1.9% and now stands at 9.7% up over the last year.

The AcadHPI records all true completion prices across England and Wales

Will the FTSE hit 6,000?

Despite all the fears over possible future tax rises and growing unemployment, the markets are still robust and keep creeping up.

Two articles, one that I caught on Citywire and another in Investing Strategy

The Consumer Protection Committee

The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) are, it seems, getting together to form a new committee to protect the consumer.

This new committee will be tasked with identifying

 

Business & Finance

Dyson calls for a return to technical innovation and manufacturing

Sir James Dyson, in a report commissioned by the Conservative Party, has recommended a vast overhaul of the UK manufacturing and technology businesses.

Sir James is most widely recognised for his vacuum cleaner, but is an accomplished inventor

 

Politics

European nations push to remove US nuclear weapons

BRUSSELS – Five members of NATO are pressing the case for the removal of the United States nuclear weapons from European soil. In a letter to the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh  Rasmussen, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Norway

 

Environment

Micro-chips in wheely-bins

Climate change may or may not be occurring, but one thing that is accumulating is household and industrial garbage. Much of this is in the form of the dreaded plastic.

Much of this plastic still sadly finds its way into the rivers and streams

Biofuel is not as green as it seems

According to a report that the Times has seen, the use of biofuel may not be as good for the environment as first thought.

At present the government has a target for us to increase the use of biofuel in the UK. Under the Rehewable Transport Fuels Obligation

 

Tripe

Nadine Coyle’s weight loss is a cause for concern

Sorry but she looks terrible. When are women going to learn en-masse that being skinny doesn’t mean attractive?

Mark Owen confesses to having 10 affairs

A famous hot-blooded male with beautiful women throwing themselves at him, gave in to temptation on numerous occasions.

Sandra Bullock picks up an award at the Golden Raspberries

How is it that one of the few decent actresses in Hollywood can get a worst actress award? Sandra Bullock is entertaining and actually possesses a certain degree of class so this really is an insult to her.

Lindsay Lohan dates a British DJ

Brace yourselves! We have just heard that the unthinkable has come to pass. Forget the earthquakes striking all corners of the globe, it has materialised that Lindsay Lohan might actually be dating a man and engaging in a romantic liaison with a member of the opposite sex just like billions of other people .

Cheryl Cole finally calls it a day on her marriage

There are many more important things in the world to write about instead of adding to the weight of speculation over a celebrity marriage but Cheryl Cole is an inspiration to all with her past loyalty to her husband who then went one affair too far.

Peter Andre admits to fling with Maddy Ford

Life will never be the same again as Peter Andre admits to having sex with a woman after months of abstinence. The Pope has cancelled his duties and there is a national day of mourning in Cyprus because Peter Andre finally had sex.