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Updated March 26 to correct link in table Interactive Investor’s determination to take the DIY investing fight to the UK’s leading platform Hargreaves Lansdown was signalled again today. An announcement confirmed Interactive Investor is buying rival The Share Centre for £62million. The attraction for Interactive Investor is adding yet more customers to its burgeoning investment … Read more
Could markets be turning a corner or is this just a pause in the vicious sell-off? This week could give us a clue as to how long the pain will last By Alex Sebastian For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 17:05 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 18:05 GMT, 26 March 2020 The stock market has shown signs … Read more
Neanderthals fed regularly on mussels, fish and other omega-3-rich marine life including seals, which likely impacted their cognitive abilities, a new study claims. Archaeological digs along the Portuguese coast reveal the evidence that our cavemen ancestors had as much fondness for seafood as modern humans today. Both Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens tucked into ‘surf … Read more
Pawsitive influence: Children who grow up with dogs and cats in the house are 20 per cent less likely to have social and emotional problems as adults, study claims Researchers found that owning pets was particularly beneficial to only children They looked at the behaviour and social ability of children aged 5 and again at … Read more
A drug used to treat hepatitis C is safe to use in coronavirus patients and could help them to recover, according to a study. The medication danoprevir, sold as Ganovo, was given to 11 people with ‘moderate’ COVID-19 infections, in combination with the HIV drug ritonavir. Scientists found it was safe and did not cause … Read more
Source code for the upcoming Xbox Series X video game console has been stolen by a hacker and is being ransomed for $100million A hacker claims to have found unsecure files for the next Xbox console’s GPU The hacker is asking for $100million for access to files, which also include source code for AMD’s new … Read more
Nuts! The bizarre CIA ‘fake scrotum’ designed to enable downed pilots to conceal an escape radio – even if they were strip-searched The ‘scrotum concealment device’ was created by the CIA’s ex chief of disguise It could hide an escape radio and was designed to be glued to the body The object is now on … Read more
Switzerland has become the fifth European country to declare more than 10,000 coronavirus infections after the number of cases jumped by almost 1,000 in the last 24 hours. The Alpine country’s health ministry revealed that 10,714 citizens have been infected this morning, and warned that this number will continue to rise for at least another … Read more
David Beckham’s father Ted, 72, announces he is ENGAGED to fiancé Hilary Meredith 18 years after divorcing former footballer’s mother Ted, 72, met his solicitor fiancé last year while doing charity work together Their engagement comes 18 years after he divorced David’s mother Sandra Ted and Sandra were married for 33 years and share three … Read more
A grief-stricken son has today described the ‘pure torture’ of watching his 83-year-old mother ‘suffocate to death’ because of coronavirus and now he has to self-isolate from his three children. Michael Hardy, 47, watched his 83-year-old mother Rachael pass away at Northwich Park Hospital, Harrow, after the killer virus ravaged her lungs and left her gasping … Read more