Day: May 3, 2016

    While the Queen seemed impressed with Hussain’s effort, many viewers took to Twitter to brand the three-tiered cake wonky. Speaking on Loose Women on Friday, the Great British Bake Off winner insisted that she ‘couldn’t care less’ about the criticism. If I cared about what people said, I would never leave my house, she told the panel. So you know what? Actually I couldn’t care less. Talking about what it was like to meet the monarch, Hussain admitted that she ‘freaked out’ a little bit. “It went really, really well…. I did say, ‘good morning, Your Majesty,’ then I said, 'happy birthday, Your Majesty, it’s afternoon!’” I did freak out a little bit. I only got two minutes with her but I thought in those two minutes she’s really nice. Hussain’s cake, which was presented to Th...

    The Bank of Mum and Dad will help finance 25% of UK mortgage transactions this year, according to research. Parents are set to lend their children £5 billion in order to help their children on to the property ladder. If the lending power was of all these parents was combined, it would be a top 10 mortgage provider, the BBC said. Nigel Wilson, chief executive of financial services firm Legal & General, which carried out the research, said the data showed a number of issues, including house prices being "out of sync with wages". The research estimated that the Bank of Mum and Dad will provide deposits for more than 300,000 mortgages. The homes purchased will be worth £77 billion and the average contribution is £17,500 or 7% of the average purchase price, the BBC said. But...