16 minutes ago Best Shark Black Friday deals we’re hoping to see in 2024, including upright and cordless vacuum cleaners

These are the savings you could be hoovering up when the sale arrives in November

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21 minutes ago Hollywood Bowl records bumper sales and plans to open four new UK bowling centres

The ten-pin bowling operator said growing and refurbishing its bowling alleys has resulted in people spending more time at centres, and spending more money per game

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28 minutes ago Man City injury update: Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker latest news and return date

Pep Guardiola’s injury issues may ease this week

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29 minutes ago Freeze on £12,570 personal tax allowance threshold could be extended at Autumn Budget

The freeze on the Personal Allowance is due to end in 2028.

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31 minutes ago Average fixed savings rates on offer fall to lowest levels for more than a year

Providers will ‘no doubt’ be assessing their market positions over the weeks ahead, financial information website Moneyfacts said.

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40 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Iran warns UN about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites; Israel launches strikes across Lebanon

Israel launches attacks on buildings belonging to al-Qard al-Hassan; Israeli military making life ‘impossible’ for Palestinians, UN’s human rights office saysSee all our Middle East coverageIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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41 minutes ago Major high street chain to close all 800 branches for three days over Christmas period

It made the announcement as it launched a recruitment drive to take on more than 1,000 extra staff for temporary seasonal roles in 2024

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42 minutes ago Trump allies spending millions to dissuade voters in key states from polls

In critical battlegrounds, Maga allies mounting lawsuits to ‘lay the groundwork’ to challenge election if he losesKey rightwing legal groups with ties to Donald Trump and his allies have banked millions of dollars from conservative foundations and filed multiple lawsuits challenging voting rules in swing states that are already sowing distrust of election processes and pushing dangerous conspiracy theories, election watchdogs warn.They also warn that the groups appear to be laying the groundwork for a concerted challenge to the result of November’s presidential election if Trump is defeated by Kamala Harris. Continue reading...

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42 minutes ago The pet I’ll never forget: Jake the golden retriever, who offered us love during the worst time of our lives

He adored swimming and wild camping, and was my wife’s constant companion after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Later, he reminded me that life goes onIn 2000 my wife, Carolyn, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Then, in 2001, our much-loved labrador, Sam, had to be put to sleep on the cold floor of the vet’s treatment room. This was a miserable end for such a wonderful friend, as we only had five minutes with him after he left us.Seeing how terribly upset we were, the vet informed us of a family that were looking to rehome their year-old golden retriever, Jake. We immediately went to see them. As soon as we sat down, Jake came and sat in front of me, seeming to know what was about to happen. We’ve bonded, I thought. Thinking he loved his new family, we took him home with us. Whi...

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42 minutes ago Progressives must walk a fine line: end the war in Gaza and elect Harris | Judith Levine

It’s sounds like an impossible dilemma for activists and organizers, but it isn’t. Progressives can and must do bothThe war in Gaza is not high among most voters’ concerns. But for many Arab Americans and protesters of the war, it is. As election day nears and the margins tighten – and with the critical swing state of Michigan, home to the largest Arab American community in the nation, up for grabs – these people are among the small, scattered constituencies that could determine the results. This makes their political strategies crucial to the US’s – and, by extension, Palestine’s – future.Some activists working to end the genocide are putting that urgent cause ahead of the other urgent cause: electing a Democrat, if only to prevent a Trump presidency. “If I’m going to be a one-issue vo...

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