Jittery investors rush to buy gold as value hits a nine-year high

Jittery investors rush to buy gold at record rates as value hits a nine-year high By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 Nine-year high: Gold prices reached $1,800 an ounce on the last day of June Investors rushed to buy gold at … Read more

Mr Fothergill’s recalls courgette seeds containing unusually high levels of poisonous compounds

British supplier Mr Fothergill’s has recalled batch of courgette seeds after finding they contained unusually high levels of compounds that are poisonous to humans. These ‘cucurbitacins’ — which give a bitter taste — are steroids used by the gourd family including courgettes, cucumbers, melons and pumpkins to deter predators. Cultivated gourds are bred for low … Read more

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp at High Court for day six of libel trial

Johnny Depp arrived at the High Court today to hear evidence from his security team and property managers as his high-profile libel case over allegations of domestic violence by his ex-wife Amber Heard continues. The London court is due to hear evidence from Malcolm Connolly, part of Depp’s security team; Tara Roberts, the property manager at … Read more

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp at High Court for day six of libel trial

Johnny Depp arrived at the High Court today to hear evidence from his security team and property managers as his high-profile libel case over allegations of domestic violence by his ex-wife Amber Heard continues. The London court is due to hear evidence from Malcolm Connolly, part of Depp’s security team; Tara Roberts, the property manager at … Read more

No staycations for them! High society sets off on their summer holidays

Well-heeled holidaymakers have jetted off to high society hotspots after their summer plans were restored following an easing of lockdown restrictions.  Princess Diana’s niece Lady Kitty Spencer, 29, has shared photos from the ever-popular French Riviera, where Princess Beatrice’s BFF and society nutritionist Gabriela Peacock was also seen holidaying with her family. In Italy, Princess … Read more

Is now the time to get your money back into small, high growth stocks?

Liontrust’s Victoria Stevens works within the firm’s UK small and micro cap teams Mind Gym – Victoria Stevens, Liontrust UK Smaller Companies and Liontrust UK Micro Cap funds    ‘Mind Gym is a corporate training business which applies the principles of behavioural science to effect change within the corporate environment.  ‘We believe it possesses strong proprietary intellectual … Read more

Lifting lockdown fails to provide bounce for High Street

Number of shoppers returning to Britain’s High Streets last month well down on same period last year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:05 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 00:06 BST, 13 July 2020 The number of shoppers returning to Britain’s high streets last month continued to be well down on the … Read more

More than 250,000 High Street jobs could be axed as Britons shop online during coronavirus crisis

More than 250,000 High Street jobs could be axed as Britons shop online during the coronavirus crisis. Experts have warned that a slew of store closures at John Lewis and Boots are ‘just the start’. The department store chain will shut eight sites, putting 1,300 jobs in peril, and 4,000 will be lost at the health and … Read more

People with high blood sugar levels are more than TWICE as likely to die from Covid-19

Patients with Covid-19 and high blood sugar levels are twice as likely to die from the coronavirus than those with lower levels – even without a diabetes diagnosis, a study shows. Researchers working in China looked back at patients admitted to different hospitals in Wuhan with high blood sugar levels who later died of the Covid-19.  … Read more

DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Hoping for a safe bet by gambling online? Now that IS high stakes

For my patient Tanya*, it started innocently enough. Off work after an operation, she was bored and killing time online when she clicked on a pop-up advert for a betting site. ‘It seemed like fun,’ she told me. ‘The advert had women just like me in it. It was just a laugh.’ And at first … Read more