How to read a balance sheet and find out if a company is financially sound

Making sense of a balance sheet is important when you’re deciding whether or not to buy shares, because you want to be sure a company you’re investing in is not heading for trouble. Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity International, explains the basics of reading a balance sheet using drinks giant Britvic as his test … Read more

Who’ll find love on our virtual date? This week it’s Helen, 38 and Alex, 36,

Helen, 38, (pictured) has been single for a year and has no children  HELEN, 38  DATING PAST? I’ve had a few long- term partners and lived with one ex. I know some singletons think they’ve lost a year of dating due to the pandemic, but I’ve enjoyed going on virtual dates and socially distanced walks; … Read more

Australian man is stunned to find a large GREEN bee sitting in a field – and it won’t sting you

Australian man is stunned to find a large GREEN bee sitting in a field – and it won’t sting you Green bees were spotted in Darwin, Northern Territory, recently Number of bee enthusiasts quick to identify species as male carpenter xylocopa The distinctive male carpenter bee Xylocopa do not sting, but they are territorial  By Andrew Prentice For … Read more

Police probing Sarah Everard’s murder find piece of gold jewellery as divers search river

March 3: Sarah disappeared after leaving friend’s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend’s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes.   March 5: Sarah’s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with … Read more

Find your nearest beer garden when pubs open on 12 April with new app Boozr

A new app called Boozr is giving locked-down Britons in need of a pint the chance to find out which pubs with beer gardens are open nearby from 12 April. Designed by developer Pete Shaw, 54, from London, the Boozr app spans 700,000 venues worldwide and is aimed at people who can’t wait to ‘do … Read more

Emilia Clarke ‘hoped to find love on celeb dating app Raya’

Emilia Clarke ‘hoped to find love on celeb dating app Raya… before swiftly deleting her profile because it wasn’t what she’d hoped it would be’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 21:29 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 21:29 GMT, 10 March 2021 Emilia Clarke reportedly turned to celebrity dating app Raya to find love – before … Read more

Covid: Blood test developed in London may find patients at high risk of dying

Scientists have developed a blood test that can spot people at high risk of getting critically ill or dying of Covid. Imperial College London experts say they have made a test that can detect proteins which appears directly linked to the risk of death or severe illness. The protein, named GM-CSF, is thought to be … Read more

Scientists develop AI that can learn which faces you find attractive directly from your brain waves 

An artificial intelligence system has been developed that can delve into your mind and learn which faces and types of visage you find most attractive.  Finnish researchers wanted to find out whether a computer could identify facial features we find attractive without any verbal or written input guiding it. The team strapped 30 volunteers to … Read more

TWO polls find Scots would vote AGAINST independence

SNP meltdown as TWO polls find Scots would vote AGAINST independence and just a third believe Nicola Sturgeon has been honest in Alex Salmond row Two separate polls have found majority of Scots support staying in the union Major setback for Nicola Sturgeon as she pushes for a re-run of 2014 referendum Large proportion do … Read more

How do I find out if my state pension is too low?

Audrey and Brian Watson: Couple from Staffordshire sent a question to Steve Webb a year ago, sparking our investigation – read their story here Elderly women could receive £3billion in state pension arrears after being shortchanged for decades, the Government admitted this week. The scandal was uncovered by This is Money and former Pensions Minister … Read more