Today is Amazon Prime Day 2020 and although it may have been postponed just like many other events this year, the deals and savings haven’t been scrimped on.
Better late than never, right?
The annual mega-savings event is regularly held in July, but was this pushed back to October so that the online retailer could prepare to safely operate the event amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and now, the big day has arrived, with plenty of unmissable offers to make the most of.
If you’ve been holding off on buying a new set of wireless headphones or an espresso machine, then this is definitely your best bet for grabbing a deal.
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Amazon Prime Day will be running for 48 hours on 13th & 14th October 2020.
While many are only available to Prime members, you can still sign up for a free 30-day trial here, and it’s recommended you add your favourites to your cart as soon as possible, as they’re sure to sell quickly with prices as low as these.
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Here’s 10 of the best deals on offer this year:
KitchenAid Classic Stand Mixer
£349.99
With an incredible 40% saving of £229.99, keen bakers can get their hands on the ever-popular KitchenAid stand mixer. The easy-to-use mixer comes with a wide range of attachments with 10 speeds, so you can make everything from cakes, cookies and fresh pasta from scratch, to cut veggies, sausages, ice creams, and more.
This amazing bundle back deal includes one of the best-rated Amazon Echo models and a Philips Hue Smart bulb, which together means you can control your lights using just your voice. For example, if you want to turn your lights on/off, or dim them to watch a film, you just need to say, “Alexa, dim the lights”.
With a saving of £13, this fan-favourite affordable BlueTooth speaker just became even more affordable. This “outdoor-proof” device is said to offer unbelievable sound, intense bass, a 24-hour play time, device compatibility, and it’s even waterproof too.
How does a ‘robot vacuum’ sound? With a saving of £74, you can get the the 11S, which offers excellent suction and improved navigation, and the slim design allows it to get its brushes into more places.
Roku Streaming Stick+ HD/4K/HDR Streaming Media Player
£34.99
The Roku Streaming Stick+ is one of Amazon’s best-valued streaming devices, and with a £25 saving, it’s a great buy because it works quickly over WiFi, streams 4K and HDR content beautifully, and comes with a remote that includes voice-control.
For the next two days, you can save a whopping £60.99 on this water- resistant smartwatch that’s said to “elevate every moment”. You can use your voice to create alarms, set bedtime reminders or check the weather with built-in voice control, and see your stats with an ‘always-on’ display mode, as well as so much more.
Again with an impressive saving of £110, you can grab this popular Nespresso single-brew coffee maker which comes with five cup sizes, an automatic blend recognition and intelligent barcode technology, fast heat up time – which ensures minimal waiting for your morning caffeine fix – and even a one-touch brewing feature.
You can save over £100 on this Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker, which is often branded one of the best multicookers on the market, and this entry-level model has never been cheaper either.
REVLON Pro Collection Salon One-Step Hair Dryer and Volumiser
£34.99
This two-in-one styling tool gives the power of a dryer and a volume of a styler by gliding through your hair to detangle, dry and volumise in half the time, as the oval brush creates volume at roots and curled. You’re getting a saving of £25 too.
Oral-B Smart 4 4500 CrossAction Electric Toothbrush
£44.99
If you’re looking for the best balance of cleaning performance, features, and affordable price with an £85 saving, then the Smart 4 4500 is the toothbrush to get your hands on.
You can find more Prime Day 2020 deals via the Amazon UK & Ireland website here.
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The cheapest Christmas Markets in the world for mulled wine have been revealed
Daisy Jackson
The most affordable Christmas Markets for drinking mulled wine have been revealed – and Manchester is nowhere in sight.
With Christmas markets across Europe preparing to welcome millions of visitors, festive fans looking to enjoy a warming cup of glühwein without breaking the bank might want to take note of the latest findings.
Festive experts at Christmas Tree World have analysed mulled wine prices at Christmas markets around the world to discover where visitors can enjoy the seasonal favourite for less.
Topping the rankings is Brussels’ Winter Wonders, where mulled wine is available for as little as £2.14 – about a third of the price of a mulled wine at the Manchester Christmas Markets.
Cologne Cathedral Christmas Markets and Strasbourg’s Christkindelsmärik share second place, with starting prices of just £2.56.
Other European favourites also feature prominently in the rankings. Budapest’s Christmas Market at the Basilica takes fourth place, with mulled wine costing £3.19, while Prague’s Old Town Square Christmas Market comes in sixth at £3.55.
Germany makes another strong appearance, with Dresden’s Striezelmarkt and Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt (which handily just launched new direct flights from Manchester) both offering mulled wine for £3.85.
Meanwhile, Vienna’s Christmas World rounds off the European entries in ninth place, with prices starting at £4.28.
For those planning a festive adventure further afield, Tokyo’s Christmas Market also makes the top five, with mulled wine costing £3.22.
However, not every destination offers such a bargain. Across the Atlantic, New York City’s Winter Village takes the title of the most expensive market in the study, with mulled wine costing a rather less festive £11.74. Chicago’s Christkindlmarket isn’t far behind, charging £8.80.
Manchester Christmas Markets start on Friday 6 November – we’ll see how our prices stack up then.
Sir Ian McKellen pays emotional tribute to long-time friend and fellow northern actor Sir Patrick Stewart
Emily Sergeant
Sir Ian McKellen has paid an emotional tribute to his long-time friend and fellow northern actor, Sir Patrick Stewart, following his death.
Sir Patrick Stewart – who was born and bred in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and is best-known for his theatre work alongside an illustrious 60-year screen career, taking on prominent roles in franchises such as Star Trek and X-Men – sadly passed away at the age of 86, with his death being announced publicly yesterday evening (29 October).
And now, his long-time friend and fellow northern actor, Sir Ian McKellen, has paid tribute.
Sir Patrick and Sir Ian shared the stage together countless times over their decades-long careers, but also famously starred alongside each other in the X-Men franchise, and subsequent Marvel movies, as Charles Xavier/Professor X and Magneto.
The tribute, shared across Sir Ian’s social media platforms, reads: “Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
“We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions.
“My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in ‘Star Trek’. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”
“Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did, for not just his devoted Trekkies, but film and theatre audiences who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes (‘X-Men’ of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
“America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin.
“But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.”
The Manc -
13th October 2020 
