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High fashion looks without a big budget? Follow our frugal guide to pinch the biggest autumn/winter ‘26 catwalk trends for free

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Dark mornings, darker evenings and the end of Celebrity Traitors. It’s easy to feel a bit meh at this time of year. However, without sounding too TikTok life coach, just as you are encouraged to winter-proof your morning routine (light a breakfast candle, make your favourite cup of tea) to start your day on a brighter note, the same approach could be applied to your wardrobe. An outfit you look forward to wearing to the office or an accessory update that can make a long-term favourite piece feel new again, can help put some much-needed pep in your step. That’s even when the forecast reads five days of rain in a row.

The autumn/winter 2026 collections shown on the catwalks way back in February (yes time works funny in fashion) have finally hit shop floors, and high-street brands have been quick to pay homage. But there are plenty of styling tips and tricks you can borrow for free. Here are nine to get you started …

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Keira Knightley returns for more chaos and thrills with guns in an espionage drama. Plus, Owen Wilson is back as charming washed-up golf pro Pryce Cahill

Helen Webb (Keira Knightley) is now the prime minister’s wife. Will that temper her treachery? Not a bit of it. This hugely entertaining espionage thriller returns with Helen cracking a safe (and adding to her spectacular body count) at an official engagement. The Black Doves spy ring is now in chaos after a key disappearance and, worse still, Sam (Ben Whishaw) has become a loose cannon, forced to take on hit jobs without much due diligence. Soon, absolutely everyone is somehow on a direct collision course. It’s a glorious mess of motive, morality and murder, and the superb cast – which now includes Ambika Mod and Babou Ceesay – are clearly having a ball. So will you.
Netflix, from Thursday 5 November

Несколько десятков черных полос когда-то изменили мировую торговлю: кассиру больше не нужно было вручную вводить цену каждого товара, а магазины впервые получили возможность автоматически учитывать огромные потоки продукции. Потом полоски превратились в квадраты, информации стало помещаться значительно больше, а поврежденный код научился восстанавливаться буквально по оставшимся кускам. К торговле добавилась логистика, медицина, реклама и еще сотня разных отраслей. Разберемся, как устроены линейные штрихкоды, QR и Data Matrix, чем они отличаются и какие задачи решают.

И почему на молоке именно Data Matrix? Все ответы ниже.

Up to 1.4 million people could benefit from change to trading allowance announced in budget, with some saving hundreds in tax

The amount Britons can earn from a side hustle without paying tax will rise to £3,000 next year in a fillip for those who make extra cash from hobbies or reselling.

Up to 1.4 million people could benefit from the change announced in the budget, with the chancellor confirming the tax-free “trading” allowance will increase from £1,000 to £3,000 in April 2027.

Home secretary’s colleagues fear homelessness will rise as a result of changes to the asylum system

Shabana Mahmood has infuriated ministerial colleagues by failing to share what they see as crucial information about the impact of her migration changes.

Sources say the home secretary has repeatedly refused to reveal how much she expects homelessness to rise as a result of changes to the asylum system.

У вас небольшой сервис в облаке. Он работает, но проект растет: в команде больше разработчиков, появляются фоновые задачи, пользователи ждут стабильной работы. Пора менять инфраструктуру или текущая схема еще справится?

В статье решил сравнить четыре способа запустить одно и то же приложение и разобрал случаи, когда действительно нужен Kubernetes.

Эта статья для бэкенд-разработчиков, DevOps, SRE и тимлидов. Если вы работали с виртуалками и Docker, но пока присматриваетесь к Kubernetes — велком под кат.

Веб-версию своей настолки делаю пятый месяц, три из которых уже ушли на вайб-дебагинг. «Release любой ценой» это карточная игра про хаос IT-разработки.

В соцсетях постоянно попадаются посты о том, как за выходные с ИИ собирают игры с 3D и мультиплеером. Инструменты у нас одни и те же, и я не понимаю, почему у них выходные, а у меня месяцы.

Нас в проекте двое плюс модели. Коллега-разработчик держит движок и сеть, я же за то, что видно на экране, и за правила. Прочитать код я могу, а вот понять нет. Разбор пойдёт от того, что я вижу на экране третий месяц подряд, как в дне сурка.

Дизайнерский вгляд на интерфейс не ограничен картинками. По интерфейсу не видно как стол игрока договаривается с хостом или почему у всех одинаковое состояние стола. В таких местах будет вставка со слов коллеги или из описания модели, сам я это пересказывать не возьмусь.

Больше 10 лет назад я купил датчик углекислого газа, чтобы отслеживать состояние воздуха в спальне

Чтобы начать действительно им пользоваться, мне пришлось собрать еще одну железку, которая подключает его к умному дому и собирает показания в красивый график

Под катом история проектирования адаптера, который делает глупый датчик достаточно умным, чтобы на него хоть кто-нибудь начал смотреть

In today’s newsletter: Benjamin Netanyahu has been left without a majority, now it is up to the coalition to find out whether the desire for change will prove to be a defining political moment

Good morning. It was described by many Israelis as the most consequential election in their country’s history. And, as the final votes were tallied, it has delivered a result that presents Israel with a significant dilemma.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition has lost its mandate while the opposition has a clear majority: but only if the Jewish Israeli opposition bloc, led by retired general Gadi Eisenkot, is prepared to make a governing pact with Palestinian Israeli parties, which have secured a historic result.

UK politics | John Healey has backed away from cutting the cost of welfare this parliament, amid dire warnings his first budget could lead to brutal spending cuts because of a £28bn shortfall in public finances.

Patrick Stewart | The acclaimed British stage and screen actor renowned for both Shakespeare and sci-fi, died at his home in Los Angeles after “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia”, his longtime spokesperson said.

Environment | One of the most ambitious nature recovery projects ever undertaken in England can go ahead after campaigners announced they had raised £30m to buy an estate in Northumberland.

Europe | Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday for at least 69 people who died in a high-speed rail collision, as hospitals continued to treat dozens of injured passengers and train drivers went on strike to urge more investment in railway safety.

US news | The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation in California over claims that thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in the state, and has begun subpoenaing election officials.

NSW police say charges include child rape and relate to 23 alleged victims aged between one and five at a Sydney childcare centre

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One of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles is facing hundreds more child abuse charges, including for the alleged rape of children as young as one.

Days after being extradited from Queensland to New South Wales, Ashley Paul Griffith was hit with 202 charges dating from between 2014 and 2017, with police labelling the allegations “deeply disturbing”.

• 28-year-old still believes he will win world title one day

• Kimi Antonelli misses media duties with ‘viral illness’

George Russell has insisted he will not let his difficult Formula One season define his career and believes he still has plenty of years left to come back and win the world championship.

Russell has been outdriven by his 20-year-old Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli in a bruising season for the British driver. Antonelli is set to win the title and become F1’s youngest world champion at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix if he finishes in ninth place or above.

The Chiefs’ latest Wallaby on dealing with English weather, the positive side of rehab and Australia’s World Cup chances

The list of Australian rugby players who have found a spiritual home in Exeter is a long and illustrious one. Dean Mumm, Dave Dennis, Nic White, Scott Sio, Greg Holmes, Julian Salvi, Ben White, Mitch Lees, Lachie Turner, Len Ikitau … almost without exception they have pitched up in the south-west of England and relished the experience. As Rob Baxter, Exeter’s director of rugby, drily observes: “They seem to like the pasties and the cider.”

Perhaps the surfing opportunities and the area’s beguiling beaches have also played their part, although Baxter has his own subtly different theory. “Maybe Exeter and Devon is more like Australia than anywhere else in England. There’s plenty of open space and we tend to be a relatively old school type of club. The Australian guys really seem to like that environment.”

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Документация SQLite говорит, что -wal перестаёт расти, только если у читателей, которые видят кадры из -wal, бывают общие паузы, но не говорит, какой длины. Я замерил в контейнере на SQLite 3.46.1: на моём стенде хватало единиц миллисекунд — 2 мс при 50 коммитах/с, 5 мс при 1000/с, и быстрой записи понадобилась пауза шире. Без паузы три читателя по 50 мс раздувают -wal так же, как один на 20 секунд, а случайные запросы по 5 мс почти не мешали, пока база была свободна хотя бы 13% времени.

Paul Nowak says ‘hundreds, if not thousands’ of employers could sign access agreements as ‘transformative’ rules come into force

The TUC general secretary, Paul Nowak, is predicting a wave of union recognition deals in the private sector over the next year as “transformative” rules on accessing workplaces come into force.

From Friday, as part of Labour’s Employment Rights Act, unions will have the right to enter workplaces or communicate with staff electronically. From January, employers will be obliged to inform workers of their right to join a union.

Ryan Dinnage – who accompanied Reform UK leader on walkabouts before local elections – was later jailed, raising questions about vetting failure

One of Nigel Farage’s security team who accompanied him on the local election campaign trail this year was facing a rape charge and was later jailed for eight years, raising questions about a failure of vetting.

Ryan Dinnage spent time protecting Farage in April and May, but in June was convicted of having raped a woman while she slept in a caravan at the Royal Windsor horse show.

Conservative-run Hillingdon aims to save £100,000 but local people fear dog poo will ‘be dumped everywhere’

People in a west London borough fear it will become covered in dog poo after their cash-strapped council decided to remove 700 dog-waste bins to save money.

“People are worried there’s going to be dog shit everywhere,” said Daniel O’Neill, the chief road steward at Ruislip Residents’ Association.

Cross-party committee says ‘moonshot’ vow to end obesity epidemic in a decade will fail without personal leadership from PM

The UK government’s promise to reverse rising obesity rates in the next decade is “doomed to fail” without a major rethink and a new plan led directly by the prime minister, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.

The health and social care select committee said in a report that there are no signs the so-called “moonshot ambition on obesity”, set out in the 10-year health plan for England, will achieve anything significant.

Next month’s poll no longer the contest it was, as Pedro Sánchez finds himself forced to defend government’s safety record

One of the most dependable cliches of contemporary Spanish politics is that it never pays to bet against Pedro Sánchez. Time and time again – as leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) and as prime minister – Sánchez has shown an almost preternatural ability to profit from adversity, and to confound expectations and wrongfoot his opponents.

But next month’s snap general election, called by Sánchez after rightwing and far-right parties voted down the housing reforms his coalition government had announced in response to angry protests, may suddenly not be the contest it once was.

Warm your hands on these sweet little envelopes of gently spiced, toffee-glossed apples wrapped in puff pastry. Perfect Bonfire Night fodder

These plump and rustic little parcels are perfect for Bonfire Night: warming, portable and, wrapped in a napkin and held in one hand, easy to eat outdoors. Filled with gently spiced, toffee-glossed apples, they are deliberately more homely hand pies than anything overly neat or patisserie-like. The small amount of miso in the filling deepens the toffee flavour and rounds out the sweetness, without making it taste too savoury or funky.

Paul Nowak says ‘hundreds, if not thousands’ of employers could sign access agreements as ‘transformative’ rules come into force

The TUC general secretary, Paul Nowak, is predicting a wave of union recognition deals in the private sector over the next year as “transformative” rules on accessing workplaces come into force.

From Friday, as part of Labour’s Employment Rights Act, unions will have the right to enter workplaces or communicate with staff electronically. From January, employers will be obliged to inform workers of their right to join a union.