Amazon Black Friday siege + Covid fears over new mutant strain

It’s the day we’ve been waiting for - Black Friday - but across the UK, Extinction Rebellion’s been blockading 13 Amazon warehouses. An XR spokesperson claims the action is to draw attention to the e-retail giant’s “exploitative” practices, as well as the “wastefulness” the cyber sales extravaganza. But if you want to find a good deal, we’ve spoken to Katie Watts from Money Saving Expert. Covid: a mutant variant in South Africa that has doctors in the UK very worried. PinkPantheress tells us about her rise to music stardom on TikTok like Lil Nas X and Doja Cat. Twitter says it’s solved the ‘disappearing tweet problem’. A study’s claiming women struggle more with daily tasks like ‘using the phone’ than men as they age. If you are in Belgium this weekend, you won’t find an Uber. And, why musicians may want to slow down the tempo of their tracks.

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