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Figures show significant bargains remained in place across fashion, furniture and electricals in early Black Friday sales.

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33 minutes ago Liam Williams signs for Saracens and puts himself back in Wales reckoning

The Wales full-back has found a new club after deciding not to return to Japan

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35 minutes ago Max Verstappen reveals his dad left him at a petrol station as a teenager following huge bust

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50 minutes ago 'Sir Alex Ferguson broke his Liverpool promise to me after I signed for Man Utd'

Sir Alex Ferguson assured Dimitar Berbatov of a break when he joined Manchester United, but the legendary Scottish manager's hunger for glory saw this vow broken

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53 minutes ago Manchester United become first Premier League club to introduce key change at Old Trafford

Manchester United have signed up to become the first Premier League club to offer male sanitary facilities

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61 minutes ago Kylian Mbappe shows shift in strategy to leave Real Madrid in uncharted territory

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87 minutes ago Former Liverpool star's dad tells him to 'get out' of new club as transfer turns sour

Liverpool sold Fabio Carvalho to Brentford in the summer transfer window, but the Portuguese attacker has struggled for chances in the Premier League under Bees boss Thomas Frank

Society

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96 minutes ago Arsenal star breaks rank as Mikel Arteta's comment on transfer target ignored

Arsenal have been tipped to sign Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres, who'll look to add to his 24 goals this season when he faces Mikel Arteta's side in the Champions League

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1 hour ago Ignore the online CV truthers. If anything, Rachel Reeves is overqualified to be UK chancellor | Gaby Hinsliff

Gordon Brown and George Osborne studied history, but neither faced the questions of suitability levelled at the first woman in the jobRachel Reeves is not for turning. She won’t be pushed around, knocked off course, undermined by backbench mutterings or criticism from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The message the chancellor seemingly wants to send this week is that it’s her way or the highway, and if this attempt to stamp her authority on a jittery political moment feels a bit defensive or even impervious to criticism – well, perhaps it’s worth acknowledging that that authority is now being challenged in ways that strangely didn’t happen to her male predecessors.Is it just a coincidence that the first female chancellor is also the first to be swarmed by a mob of online tr...

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