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According to the latest figures released, the total mortgage lending in the UK has risen significantly in the month of May in the UK as the housing market recovers.

The data showed that 65,752 mortgages were approved across the UK, which is about 4,490 higher than the previous month. The figure of 65,752 is also higher than the average of the previous six months that was recorded at
59,776 in the UK, according to the British Bankers' Association.

Los Angeles, June 26 : Rapper Kanye West admits he was not worried when a raunchy video, which was stolen from his computer, almost went viral in 2012. He says the scandal would have helped him career wise.

The video allegedly showed the star cavorting with an unidentified woman in a hotel room. West's attorneys had threatened legal action over its publication, claiming it had been taken from his computer without permission.

New Delhi, June 25 : This one's likely to be a visual delight - dancing ace Prabhudheva and actor Shahid Kapoor will groove together for the first time for "Rambo Rajkumar" in a song called "Gandi baat". They are excited.

Prabhudheva, who is directing the movie, said he is very "excited" to perform alongside Shahid, who in his opinion is one of Bollywood's most talented performers.

"I'm very excited about the song and Shahid and I are already rehearsing for it. It's a fun and peppy track," he said in a statement.

McDonald's has said in a statement that it would drop halal items from two of its restaurants in Detroit suburb Dearborn.

The company said in a statement that it is dropping the halal items from the menu so that it can focus more on its main national offerings in the country. The company recently had to pay $700,000 for settling a lawsuit filed by a Muslim man accusing the company of not following Muslim law to meet halal designation for its products.

Japanese, Toyota has emerged as the company with the strongest reputation in New Zealand.

According to a new study, SkyCity has been rated as the company with the worst reputation in the country. The latest corporate reputation index, which is produced by AMR, the regional unit of the Reputation Institute, showed that people ranked the Japanese firm highly on the reputation.

The index is prepared on the basis of the public perception on the largest companies in the country relating to their products and services, innovation, workplace, governance, citizenship, leadership and financial performance.