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Boxing Day footfall down on UK high streets despite discounts
Fewer consumers have made the journey to high streets and shopping centres in search of Boxing Day discounts.
Footfall across UK retailers was down 9.4% as of midday, compared with Boxing Day in 2023, according to data from the retail tech experts MRI Software.
“The decline in Boxing Day activity …
Dale’s balcony in Kings Cross has become a refuge for injured birds, but the healing goes both ways
At 6.21am, they arrive.
From nowhere, the birds churn up the morning calm – 200 or so flapping wings chaotically pounding the air on the small central Sydney balcony. Just inside the sliding door, Snowy, a little corella whose shrill call sounds like a 1990s telephone, has quietened down: the …
Katt Williams, crypto and cat ladies: 2024 was the year of unexpected second chances
If 2024 was defined by anything, it was a distinct feeling of deja vu. Donald Trump ran and won, Death Cab and Janet Jackson
, and aesthetes on social medialusted after
Windows Vista design language circa 2007. Same old, same old – almost. …The men’s Test cricket team of the year: from Atkinson to Jaiswal
Go fetch a cup of tea and your best arguments, it’s time for the Guardian’s 10th annual men’s Test XI of the Year. This year’s selection panel included Vic Marks, Ali Martin, Emma John, Rob Smyth, Jonathan Liew, Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon, Daniel Gallan, Tim de Lisle, Taha Hashim, Tanya …
Sam Konstas makes debut to remember as Australia edge India on day one
It has been a tour of polygraphic variation for India’s Test team. Down and out to begin in Perth, becoming ascendant by the end. Back to the bottom in Adelaide, dragging themselves out of trouble in Brisbane to finish the draw there on a high. But starting the fourth Test …
Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe, poll finds
Readiness to support Ukraine “until it wins” has fallen sharply across western Europe at a critical time for the country, a survey suggests, as Donald Trump’s forthcoming return to the White House raises questions over the future of US military assistance to Kyiv.
December polling by YouGov in France, Germany, …
Thursday briefing: How football sold its soul and was gobbled up by global capital
Good morning – I hope you had a great Christmas. If you love football, and even if you hate it, one inescapable feature of Boxing Day is the festive fixture list – and a look at today’s matches in the Premier League tells a familiar story of a game that …
UK shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn on Boxing Day
Shoppers are expected to spend £3.7bn, this Boxing Day, up only 1.3% on 2023, with high streets less busy as shoppers snap up beauty and technology bargains online.
The ability to click for bargains from the sofa means post-Christmas discounts actually begin before most families have touched a sprout or …
Teen tearaway Sam Konstas rewrites red ball cricket recipe in fearless Boxing Day debut
The first attempt by Sam Konstas at a ramp shot did not go well. In the windy heat of the MCG on Boxing Day, a swing and a miss was met with a wry grin from Jasprit Bumrah. At the non-striker’s end, Usman Khawaja – 38 a week ago – …
US business leaders set to break record on donations to Trump inaugural fund
US business leaders are spending big on Donald Trump’s second inaugural fund, which is predicted to exceed even the record-setting $107m raised in 2017.
The donations, which are not restricted by campaign finance laws, come as industries and business leaders seek to curry favor with the incoming administration after the …