Thursday, November 12
Author: Caitlin Rooney
Caitlin Rooney
Caitlin Rooney has been covering Greater Manchester for the best part of a decade. She started at a local paper in Salford, moved to digital, and spent three years on the housing and planning beat before going independent. She has sat through more council cabinet meetings than she cares to count and still reads the planning portal on her phone. She writes about transport, housing, devolution, policing, and the daily grind of how a city actually runs. She has a particular interest in who benefits from regeneration and who gets moved along by it. Caitlin lives in Chorlton. She thinks the Metrolink is both Manchester's best and worst infrastructure, and does not trust anyone who calls the city centre "town".
Amazon’s October Prime Day router deals are live for 6 and 7 October 2026, covering everything from sub-$100 single routers to Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems with four-figure list prices cut by hundreds of dollars. Whether you are trying to kill dead zones in a large home or just replace an ageing box, there is more than the usual amount of kit on sale this year.Below is a run through the picks worth considering, with prices and ratings sourced from Amazon and PCMag.Prime Day Router Deals: Wi-Fi 7 Mesh SystemsThe Amazon Eero Pro 7 three-pack is $599.99, down from $799.99, a…
The Sony WH-1000XM6 Prime Day deal running right now on Amazon has pushed the headphones to $378, their lowest recorded price since going on sale. That is down from a list price of $459.99, saving buyers $81.99 on Sony’s current flagship over-ear pair for the duration of October Prime Day, which runs 6 to 7 October 2026.For context on just how sharp that price is: Business Insider notes that since the XM6 launched in May 2025, typical discounts had generally brought certain colourways down to around $398. The current $378 undercuts even those previous sale prices, making this the most…
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 is officially live, running from 6 October to 7 October with thousands of discounts across tech, fitness gear, home appliances and more. If you shopped the July Prime Day and thought you’d missed your chance for another big sale this year, Amazon has other ideas.The autumn sale is a fixture in the retail calendar now, even if the branding still trips people up. This is not Prime Day, that was July. This is the other one.When Does Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 Start and End?The precise window, according to Mashable, is 3:01 a.m.…
Apple has confirmed an iPhone 18 Pro Max cellular fault that is leaving a number of users on the AT&T network unable to connect to mobile service, with affected handsets displaying only an ‘SOS’ icon where signal bars should be. No cellular connection means no calls, no mobile data, and in the worst cases, no way to ring 999’s American equivalent either.It’s a grim situation for what Apple has been selling as the best iPhone it has ever made. The 18 Pro Max arrived with variable aperture, a 15-minute 50% fast-charge and all the latest Apple Intelligence features running on…
The iPhone 18 Pro launch problems have been piling up since Apple’s newest Pro smartphones hit shelves, with four distinct issues ranging from random reboots to a finish that appears to be wearing away on some devices within days of purchase. None of it is cause for mass panic, but it has been a rougher rollout than Apple would have wanted. Random Reboots and the 911 Call Risk The first issue to surface was random reboots. Users reported that after a failed Face ID attempt, their iPhone 18 Pro would freeze and then restart. Curiously, MacRumors noted that Apple’s newest…
Taylor Swift’s absence from the Taylor Swift Chiefs game on 4 October was down to a combination of a packed weekend schedule and the kind of logistical headache that comes with being arguably the most famous person on the planet. Swift was not spotted at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Las Vegas Raiders in Kansas City’s second road game of the season.If you were expecting her in the stands, you were probably not paying close enough attention to her diary.An SNL Cameo the Night BeforeThe night before the Raiders game, Swift made…
Taylor Swift’s Taylor Swift SNL plaid dress moment arrived on 3 October, when she made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live wearing a Simkhai Wells plaid off-the-shoulder minidress, paired with a gold Saint Laurent Cassandre chain belt and knee-high Burberry leather Pillar boots. Unannounced, polished, and fully committed to the season’s most reliable print.She was there to support Dakota Johnson, who was hosting the 3 October episode. Johnson, it turns out, was marking something of a personal milestone: according to Yahoo Entertainment, it was her third time hosting the show, having previously appeared as host in 2015 and January…
The Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood SS27 show landed in Paris inside the Palais de la Femme, a historic social residence managed by the Salvation Army that provides housing and support for vulnerable women and children and is currently celebrating its 100th year. Art Deco tiles, flooding light, and a crown that spelled out ‘chaos’ set the tone.Natasha Lyonne walked the show in an oversize leopard-and-floral-print chore coat and bejewelled platform gladiator sandals. Bow-shaped mini gowns, earthy knits, the brand’s signature checkered prints, big sculpted sleeves, Renaissance-esque skirts, asymmetrical draped gowns, and corset shapes filled out the rest of the…
Anne Hathaway disappearing in 2026 is not a rumour or a tabloid headline, it is, more or less, her own plan, announced with full theatrical commitment on the day her fifth film of the year landed in cinemas.On 2 October, the same day psychological thriller Verity opened in theatres, Hathaway posted a video on Instagram playing out her exit. She begins discussing the film’s premiere, starts to describe what happens on 3 October, then simply vanishes from frame. A team member walks in, baffled. Mock headlines fill the screen. At the end, Hathaway thanks her fans: ‘Thank you everyone for…
DC’s neo-noir take on the Green Lantern mythology is pulling in serious numbers: Lanterns streaming viewers reached a series high of 10 million worldwide, with 7 million in the US alone during the third episode’s opening week, making it the most-watched TV series of September according to data from JustWatch. It has also landed a 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, in case you needed more convincing.The show pairs experienced Lantern Hal Jordan, played by Kyle Chandler, with new recruit John Stewart, played by Aaron Pierre. Jordan takes on the role of reluctant mentor, teaching Stewart how to handle the…
The Apple Watch Series 12 upgrade is, for once, a straightforward case: whether you are coming from a Series 10, an 11, or something older, this is the one worth buying. That is not something you could say about last year’s model.The Series 12 starts at $399 for the GPS, 42mm version. The reasons to spend it go beyond the usual spec-sheet shuffling, though a few of Apple’s headline features are less convincing than the company would have you believe.The hardware improvements that actually matter for the Apple Watch Series 12 upgradeStart with the chip. The new S11 processor (the…
DeWalt cordless tool deals are stacking up across Lowe’s and Amazon right now, with discounts of up to 50% as the two retailers compete for the same pre-autumn shopping window. If you’ve been putting off a tool refresh, this is a reasonable moment to stop putting it off.Lowe’s kicked things off to coincide with Amazon’s October Prime Day event, running 6-7 October, pulling in its own counter-sale on Lowe’s. Amazon has since responded with its own batch of DeWalt cordless tool deals, meaning there’s now genuine competition for your money, which is not always the case with tool sales.What’s on…
