5 h. ago Best wine deals for March 2025: Enjoy discounts on red, white, rosé and port

From rioja to rosé, these offers are absolutely ‘di-vine’

Economics

9 h. ago Best microwave deals in March 2025 for easy meals, from Samsung to Salter

We’ve found the cheapest options from Samsung, Russell Hobbs and more

Economics

9 h. ago Best electric heater deals in March 2025, from Dyson to John Lewis

We’re hot on the heels of the latest discounts at Amazon, Currys and more

Economics

4 d. ago How Dyson Daniels’ home town became an unlikely hotbed of Australian basketball talent | Jack Snape

Bendigo has long had fertile sporting soil but has now produced one of the NBA’s best defensive players as well as successful WNBL and NBL 1 teamsDyson Daniels opened his sparkling silver jacket on NBA draft night in 2022. Under the bright lights of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the lining on his right breast revealed the names of his parents and brothers. On Daniels’ left was stitched a map of Bendigo.About two hours’ drive north-west of Melbourne and with a population of 122,000, Bendigo is no Brooklyn. But thanks to Daniels and a dominant professional women’s team, the regional centre generously described by some as a city has emerged this year as a genuine power in global basketball. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago From shark masks to statement lamps: John Lewis reveals spring and summer's predicted best sellers

Pistachio is the 'Colour of the Season', the John Lewis sages have decreed, and many of its new homewares come in the pale mossy shade,

Politics

6 d. ago ‘There’s a bit of a damp spirit’: London fashion week opens to hard truths

Running for just four days, and with its influencer coverage dwarfed by New York and Paris, LFW needs British soft power and its prized creatives to bring some buzzBeneath the glitter and sequins and extra-long false eyelashes, the bald truth at London fashion week is of an industry overshadowed by the luxury might of Europe and the US. Many designers have closed their doors, or cannot afford to splash out on a show. At just four days long, London fashion week has shrunk to half the duration of the Paris shows.Cash is in short supply, but ambition and creativity are not. At SS Daley, the Harry Styles-backed brand whose trench coats are now sold at John Lewis, the show opened with the sound of Big Ben, included “Stay Faithfull to Marianne” sweaters in tribute to the late British style icon, and closed with a general clamour for selfies with front row guest of honour, the Amandaland actor Lucy Punch. Actor Debi Mazar took the stage for jewellery brand Completedworks, playing a televis...

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8 d. ago Meta and Uber among firms ‘linked’ to alleged corporate migrant worker abuse

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre found 665 cases of alleged abuse against migrant workers in publicly documented information.

Events

9 d. ago Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China

Protests erupt over Cook Islands’ new strategic partnership with China, raising concerns about ties with New Zealand

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