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It’s Black Friday tomorrow and, if you’re thinking of snagging a bargain, you’d better get your head in the game now. Not all the so-called deals are that good value, Jane Brown warns. And if you don’t want to overspend, you can follow her top tips for navigating the sales.
After some major upsets following the widely unexpected 2016 Brexit and Trump votes, political forecasters appear to be back on track – with the US midterm results coming in pretty much as predicted. But after a significant swing to the Democrats, what can they now tell us about the 2020 presidential election? For now, says Leighton Vaughan Williams, it looks like a Democrat is favourite to take the White House.
As part of a drive to combat loneliness in England, GPs will now be able to write prescriptions for social activities such as dance classes or art groups. But what if such social prescriptions trivialise the pain of loneliness, or even heighten the stigma of loneliness? Kimberley Brownlee and David Jenkins assess the ethical implications.
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Business + Economy Editor
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Top stories
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Jane Brown, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The run up to Black Friday is often shrouded in secrecy, which makes buying things on the day a lot more frenetic.
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Democrat Beto O'Rourke lost in Texas, but many expect to see him return in the 2020 presidential race.
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Leighton Vaughan Williams, Nottingham Trent University
The Democrats are currently about 57% to 43% favourites over the Republicans to win the presidency – if you trust the markets.
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Starting new conversations.
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Kimberley Brownlee, University of Warwick; David Jenkins, University of Warwick
As part of a new strategy to combat loneliness GPs will be able to prescribe social activities. But is this ethical?
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Health + Medicine
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Karen Hind, Durham University; Charlotte Roberts, Durham University
Analysis of bones from over hundreds and thousands of years ago suggests that our skeleton today is more fragile than that of our ancestors.
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Alex Aldridge, Royal Holloway; Adam Winstock, UCL
Gender and sexuality can help understand consent – but there's so much more to consider, when drugs are involved.
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Catherine Purcell, Cardiff University; Sally Scott-Roberts, Cardiff University
Most dyspraxia research focuses on children, but it's a lifelong condition that can shape how people work and live.
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Environment + Energy
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Colin Alexander, Nottingham Trent University
The truth is hard to stomach, but meat consumption is taking us towards global ecocide.
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Jonathan Bridge, Sheffield Hallam University
To lessen the impacts of flash flooding in dry regions like Jordan, we need to educate local authorities on how best to manage their water.
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Michel Pimbert, Coventry University; Colin Anderson, Coventry University
A guide to the battle for the future of farming.
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Politics + Society
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John Haskey, University of Oxford
No-fault divorce, or no reason at all – how a revolution in divorce law has come about.
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Lisa Berry-Waite, University of Exeter
It's 100 years since women won the right to be MPs, but what was Parliament like for women back then?
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Business + Economy
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Johann Fortwengel, King's College London
With Congress so deadlocked in recent years, skills training is a rare example of the two parties actually working together.
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Science + Technology
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Jason Knight, University of Portsmouth
MIT researchers have built ion thrusters with no moving parts pave the way for silent drones.
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Arts + Culture
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Jenny Gilbert, De Montfort University
This exhibition is perfectly timed – feminism and fashion need Mary Quant now more than ever.
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