Last week, the Royal Hospital Chelsea looked more like an HS2 construction site than a centre of horticultural excellence as hundreds of landscape architects and gardeners battled to construct their creations in time for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, which will be officially opened by the Queen tomorrow. But amid all the high-vis jackets, steel-capped … Read more
An infuriating new brainteaser challenges you to find the eight hidden good luck symbols hidden in this patch of clover. They include eight symbols of good luck from cultures all around the world, including a four-leafed clover, a lucky cat, a wishbone, a number 8, a four-leaf clover, an acorn, an upside down horseshoe, a lucky … Read more
Cadbury spends more than £1million on a new logo – but can you spot the difference from the old one? Cadbury’ designers said the revamped logo ‘puts the humanity back’ in brand But critics have panned the expensive edit as a very slight change to the old one The new logo will appear in Australia … Read more
JAMES BROKENSHIRE: How to spot scammers and get help if you fall victim to cyber crime as MILLIONS is lost due to Covid-19 cons There have been more than 1,000 reports to Action Fraud relating to coronavirus The National Cyber Security Centre has thwarted thousands of scams including 471 fake online shops and over 500 … Read more
Conference organisers have been hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns, but one answer is to hold events online or even better in virtual reality. VR Education specialises in this type of technology and for the AIM-listed business, this period of enforced homeworking might prove to be a company maker. A month ago, for example, it ran … Read more
A Fitbit could spot when you’re coming down with flu – before symptoms have even developed. Researchers analysed 60 days of data from 47,248 Fitbit users living in the US to try and predict when they would get sick. Tell-tale signs someone was about to get ill were higher heart rates than normal or excessive … Read more
As a trained Army sniper in peak physical condition, Marcus Horton was ready for action in a war zone at a moment’s notice. But nothing could have prepared him for the agonising battle he faced after waking one morning in January 2017 to find the whole right side of his face had completely collapsed, leaving … Read more
Tik-SHOCK! Dancer’s video leaves him feeling ‘sick’… after social media users spot sinister figure lurking on stairs in the background while he’s home alone A shadowy figure can be seen lurking at the top of the stairs at around 4 seconds TikTok user @reubix_cube claims he was home alone and doesn’t have any pets He … Read more
There’s a new bank in town with a competitive one-year fixed-rate of 1.49%… but is Allica Bank a safe spot for your cash? Its one-year fixed-rate is enough for ninth place in our savings tables It pays more than well-known names like Goldman Sachs’ Marcus The London-based bank received its licence in September 2019, and … Read more
Uncertainty may be the new normal. But no matter how often we hear this mantra, investors would still like to know whether share prices are close to their lows, or if there is worse to come. The answer is: it’s complicated. Traditionally, the stock market has been a leading indicator, moving ahead of events and … Read more