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ASPINAL of London Black Friday sale is here – and it’s better than ever.
The heritage brand is home to luxury handbags and purses that even the royals love, and shoppers can save up to a huge 50% in the Aspinal of London Black Friday sale.
Aspinal of London Black Friday sale
Kate Middleton, the late Queen Elizabeth II, Selena Gomez and Lily James are just some of the famous fans of the brand.
The Aspinal of London Black Friday sale just launched, which means shoppers can save on everything from Princess Kate’s iconic Midi Mayfair handbag to new sparkling pieces perfect for party season.
No discount code is needed to shop Aspinal of London’s Black Friday sale, which makes for a stress-free shopping situation.
But the fun doesn’t stop there, as shoppers can also secure free personalisation this Black Friday also.
Whether you’re in the market for a timeless handbag, a sleek wallet, or elegant luggage, the Black Friday sale is a great opportunity to score some high-quality items for a cheaper price.
Aspinal of London Midi Mayfair Bag, £520 (was £650)
Princess Kate has several Midi Mayfair’s in her collection – all of which are currently on sale.
The elegant arm candy is made from full-grain leather, featuring a top handle, a detachable strap and incredible gold hardware.
Best of all, shoppers can have £130 on the timeless handbag.
Aspinal of London Lottie Bag, £476 (was £595)
The Lottie bag is another of Aspinal’s iconic pieces, and it’s reduced by an impressive £119 in the Black Friday sale.
Featuring a stylish chain strap and Aspinal’s signature letterbox closure, it’s the perfect day-to-night handbag suitable for every occasion.
It’s also a very similar alternative to the Chanel Double Flap, but a fraction of the price.
Aspinal of London Tote Bag, £556 (was £695)
Aspinal of London also has a great selection of larger bags, and the brand’s leather tote is an investment piece.
The semi-structured shape paired with the label’s signature ‘A’ stitching gives a versatile, everyday finish.
The understated design will complement any look, and the tan-coloured tote comes in a smaller size, too.
Aspinal of London Camera Crossbody Bag, £147 (was £295)
Everyone needs a trusty crossbody bag in their wardrobe, and even Zara Tindall is known to be a fan of Aspinal’s ‘A’ camera bag.
Reduced to just £147, the crossbody is made from full-grain leather and comes in the prettiest blue colourway.
It’s the ideal size for carrying the essentials, and the versatile strap can be worn across one or both shoulders.
Plus, it can be worn day and night, summer through to winter.
Best of all? It’s half-price.
Ella Phone Pouch, £67 (was £135)
If you are looking for something small to house your phone and cards, but you don’t want the weight of a bag, even if it is cross body, the Ella Phone Pouch is a great investment.
It is super lightweight, and forces you to be selective with the contents included inside.
Wear across your body so you can go hands free on your next outing.
More Aspinal of London handbags on sale:
This year, Black Friday will fall on Friday, 29th November 2024.
Traditionally, Black Friday takes place on the fourth Friday of November, following the American Thanksgiving holiday, which falls on the fourth Thursday of every November.
Black Friday is the unofficial kick-off to the festive shopping season, with plenty of retailers offering significant discounts both in-store and online.
Head to our when is Black Friday explainer to find out more about sales event.
This year, retailer made a particularly early start with its Black Friday sales.
In fact, stores including John Lewis, Currys and Argos launched their sales at the very end of October.
We’re expecting Aspinal of London’ Black Friday sale to run from now until early December, as Cyber Monday is on 2nd December.
However, with prices shopping so significantly already, we’re expecting mass-sell outs of the most popular handbags – so you may want to grab the one on your wishlist while it’s still available.
Ever wondered why Black Friday is called Black Friday? Find out here.
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Yes – Aspinal of London has already dropped its Black Friday sale with up to 50% off.
In previous years, Aspinal of London has offered impressive discounts across a wide selection of items, from handbags, to travel accessories, wallets and card holders, plus plenty more premium accessories.
The luxury brand has upped the ante this year, offering shoppers up to an incredible 50% across the site.
Aspinal of London has dropped prices on everything from everyday totes to it’s iconic Lottie handbags – so it doesn’t get better than this.
Prices have been slashes across a variety of sizes and colours within the collection, so you’re bound to find a discount on your favourites.
Looking back at Aspinal of London’s Black Friday sale in 2023, shoppers enjoyed up to 50% off selected items, including their signature handbags, wallets and tech accessories.
Popular picks such as the Lottie bag and the Stella satchel bag were among the discounted items, with the latter reaching half price.
The brand also extended its sale across the weekend, leading into Cyber Monday, offering further markdowns on limited-edition pieces and classic designs.
Cyber Monday 2024 is on Monday, 2nd December this year.
Cyber Monday is the final day of the Cyber Weekend sales, as it comes after Black Friday, and Cyber Weekend.
The day is traditionally reserved for online deals, but many retailers, including Aspinal of London, extend the Black Friday discounts through the weekend into Cyber Monday.
Last year, the brand offered additional reductions and exclusive online offers, so it’s worth staying online after Black Friday to catch any remaining deals or added discounts.
However, some of the more popular styles tend to get snatched up ahead of Cyber Monday, so keep an eye on stock throughout the weekend.
In the UK, standard delivery (2-3 working days) from Aspinal of London costs £4.95.
If you’re desperate to get your hands on your new accessories, then you can pay for express next-day delivery, which costs £9.95, but you’ll need to order by 2pm.
If you are not satisfied with your Aspinal of London purchase you typically have 30 days to return the item.
However, some retailers may extend the return window during this period as they are aware shoppers will be buying Christmas gifts for friends and family in the Black Friday sale.
Having said that, some retailers have been known to reduce the window you can return an item if it has been purchased in the sale.
So, I strongly advise you to double check the returns policy before you checkout – just in case.
Outside of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period, Aspinal of London occasionally offers other discounts and promotions.
Aspinal of London offers a 10% student discount through Student Beans – read more here.
There is also a 20% refer-a-friend discount opportunity for the non-students, as well as 10% off your first purchase when you sign up for the Aspinal of London newsletter.
You can also explore the Aspinal of London outlet section, where past-season pieces are regularly discounted.
Kate Middleton first put the brand on the map for the masses, wearing the Blue Heart Clutch, a design collaboration between Beulah London and Aspinal of London.
Since then, the Midi Mayfair bag is the bag the Duchess has been spotting with since 2018.
The Midi Mayfair Bag usually retails for £595 and is available in numerous colour palettes and prints – but it’s reduced in the sale right now.
It sold out in every variation for Black Friday last year, so keep your eyes peeled in case it is reduced in the Aspinal of London Black Friday sale 2024.
Aspinal is a brand that characterises English heritage and luxury, with headquarters in the South Downs.
However, like most retailers, it outsources the bulk of its product-making to workshops internationally.
Head to our shopping section for more deals, news and buying recommendations.
WHEN Olivia, 5, became sick, her mum assumed it was due to the weather, never imagining she was in fact living with cancer.
Holly Brown, 31, a single stay-at-home mum from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, now hopes to make “precious Christmas memories”, with an uncertain future ahead.
Olivia was diagnosed with a grade 3 medulloblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of a brain tumour in children, that later spread to her spine.
Around 52 children are diagnosed with medulloblastoma each year in the UK, according to Cancer Research UK.
Holly faced the devastating choice between Olivia having chemotherapy, offering a 30 per cent survival rate, or combining it with radiotherapy for a 50 per cent chance – but with risks of future learning difficulties.
She decided to go with the latter, hoping for positive updated test results on December 4.
Holly, also mum to Lilly, 12, Mason, seven, and Sonny, three, says: “Most of the time I just try and hold it together, because you’ve got no choice, really, you just have to get on with it.
“I can’t fall apart because my kids rely on me to be the strong one.
“There are moments where I sit and think about everything and go off and have a secret cry but I’m just doing what I’ve got to do for Olivia.”
Holly, who is fundraising, adds: “I want Christmas to be extra special for all of the children this year.”
Holly initially thought Olivia was suffering from heat stroke in May 2024 after she began vomiting in the hot weather.
By June, Olivia was being sick every day and was feeling extremely tired.
So on June 17, Holly took her to A&E, where doctors also noticed Olivia was “wobbly on her feet” and her eyes were “quite squinty”, with one appearing “lopsided”.
Olivia was admitted overnight for further tests, as brain tumour symptoms include weakness on one side of the body and vision problems.
On June 18, an MRI sadly revealed Olivia had a brain tumour.
Sobbing, Holly said: “I burst out crying, I was just devastated.”
That same day, Olivia underwent emergency surgery to fit an external ventricular drainage system to relieve a blockage preventing her spinal fluid from draining.
On June 21, Olivia had an eight-hour operation to remove 95 per cent of the tumour, but the remaining five per cent was too close to the brain to remove without causing damage.
Doctors said chemo and radiotherapy could lower her IQ and she would most likely end up with learning difficulties, it was such an impossible decision to make.
Holly
A week later, doctors informed Holly that Olivia had grade 3 medulloblastoma which often originates in embryonic tissue and is typically diagnosed within the first five years of life, according to Brain Tumour Research.
They also unfortunately informed her that the cancer had spread to her spine.
Holly cried: “I was just so worried, I didn’t know what was going to happen.
“I didn’t know if she would survive.”
Holly, who has been a stay-at-home mum for several years, struggled to explain the situation to her three other children.
“It was heartbreaking, telling them the news,” she said.
“I think my eldest is probably taking it the hardest, because she understands a lot more than the others, so she can be quite withdrawn, but I’ve just been trying my hardest to reassure her and let her know she can talk to me.”
Holly chose a treatment plan for Olivia combining chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which although had a better survival rate, came with the risk of future learning difficulties.
Holly explained: “We had to think about her quality of life.
“[Doctors] said chemo and radiotherapy could lower her IQ and she would most likely end up with learning difficulties, it was such an impossible decision to make.”
Throughout this period, Holly found it difficult to know what to say to Olivia about her condition.
“Olivia gets quite upset at times, which is understandable with everything she’s been through,” Holly added.
“She does get a little bit scared when she has to do things but overall, she’s taken it quite well.
“I tell her as much as I can do, age appropriately, in a way that she’ll understand.
“I don’t go into too much detail, but I told her, she’s got cancer, and she’s got to have some treatments to make her better, and it will take quite a while, that’s all I can do, really.”
In August, Olivia underwent two five-day rounds of chemotherapy, during which she lost her hair.
“She took it quite well, really, we got given a children’s book by the hospital that explains chemotherapy, I think that helped with easing her mind,” Holly says.
“She was a little bit upset about what happened, but when it happened, I think probably because she’s young, she doesn’t really mind too much.
“I collected her hair, I kept it. I think maybe that helped and I’ve told her that it will grow back.”
Between the two rounds, doctors told Holly that the brain tumour had shrunk, but its exact size and the status of cancer in her spine remained unclear due to fluid buildup.
The hardest part is not knowing, it feels like everything is up in the air with it
Holly
In September, Olivia had six weeks of proton beam therapy, a type of radiotherapy that uses high-energy protons to treat cancer, as part of a clinical trial.
After radiotherapy, Olivia suffered from sore, flaky skin, and had extreme nausea and sickness – as a result, she had to be tube-fed for several weeks.
Olivia’s medical team has scheduled another scan for December 4 to reassess the tumour and will begin six to nine months of further chemotherapy on December 9.
Until then, the family are uncertain about what lies ahead.
Holly said: “The hardest part is not knowing, it feels like everything is up in the air with it.”
Holly and her mother, Amanda, set up a GoFundMe to transform Holly’s home into a Santa’s Grotto for December.
“We don’t really know how well she’s going to be because she’ll be having chemo in December, so it’s not a good idea to try and take her out anywhere,” Holly explained.
“So we just wanted to kind of make it the best we can at home – just fill the house with decorations, make it sort of like a Santa’s grotto.
“We want some precious Christmas memories.”
To donate for Olivia’s Christmas grotto go to www.gofundme.com/f/give-olivia-and-her-siblings-the-best-christmas.
More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives.
The disease is the most deadly cancer in children and adults aged under 40, according to the Brain Tumour Charity.
Brain tumours reduce life expectancies by an average of 27 years, with just 12 per cent of adults surviving five years after diagnosis.
There are two main types, with non-cancerous benign tumours growing more slowly and being less likely to return after treatment.
Cancerous malignant brain tumours can either start in the brain or spread there from elsewhere in the body and are more likely to return.
Brain tumours can cause headaches, seizures, nausea, vomiting and memory problems, according to the NHS.
They can also lead to changes in personality weakness or paralysis on one side of the problem and problems with speech or vision.
The nine most common symptoms are:
If you are suffering any of these symptoms, particularly a headache that feels different from the ones you normally get, you should visit your GP.
Source: NHS
DARTS action is coming thick and fast as the Players Championship Finals has returned – and some of the world’s best will step up to the oche.
English superstar Luke Humphries defeated flying Dutchman Michael van Gerwen 11-9 in last year’s thrilling Minhead final.
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS LIVE
The World No 1 managed to flip the showpiece on its head despite witnessing MVG hit a nine-darter before the interval.
But Humphries is in for a tough time when it comes to retaining his title as 17-year-old millionaire Luke Littler goes into this tournament on fire.
Littler has the winning bug once again after recently cruising to a Grand Slam of Darts victory last weekend.
Plus the likes of Stephen Bunting, Rob Cross and Chris Dobey who has won a trio of Players Championship trophies this year will all be hunting the crown.
Friday November 22
Afternoon Session (12:45pm-5pm GMT)
First Round Schedule of Play
Main Stage
Gian van Veen 5-6 Scott Williams
Brendan Dolan 2-6 Martin Schindler
Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
James Wade 4-6 Stephen Burton
Ryan Searle 5-6 Jeffrey de Graaf
Martin Lukeman 4-6 Connor Scutt
Dave Chisnall v Joe Cullen
Stage Two
Andrew Gilding 6-3 Kevin Doets
William O’Connor 3-6 Niels Zonneveld
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-4 Madars Razma
Cameron Menzies 6-2 Jim Williams
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Callan Rydz
Ryan Joyce 6-4 Karel Sedlacek
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Mensur Suljovic
Alan Soutar v Jermaine Wattimena
Wessel Nijman v Kim Huybrechts
Evening Session (7pm-11pm GMT)
Main Stage
Daryl Gurney v Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price v Thibault Tricole
Chris Dobey v Nathan Aspinall
Michael van Gerwen v Ian White
Luke Littler v Rob Cross
Luke Humphries v Gabriel Clemens
Gary Anderson v Ryan Meikle
Stage Two
Damon Heta v Mervyn King
Jonny Clayton v Florian Hempel
Danny Noppert v James Hurrell
Raymond van Barneveld v Chris Landman
Stephen Bunting v Mario Vandenbogaerde
Mike De Decker v Richard Veenstra
Michael Smith v Nick Kenny
Josh Rock v Ricky Evans
Ross Smith v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Saturday November 23
Afternoon Session (12:45pm-5pm GMT)
Main Stage – Second Round x8
Stage Two – Second Round x8
Evening Session (7pm-11pm GMT)
Main Stage – Third Round x4
Stage Two – Third Round x4
Sunday November 24
Afternoon Session (1245pm-5pm GMT)
Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (7pm-11pm GMT)
Semi-Finals
Final
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STRICTLY Come Dancing star Nick Knowles has opened up about the aftermath of his injury sustained on the BBC One show.
TV presenter Nick, 62, is due to go under the knife in just four weeks’ time after being struck down by a serious knee injury while on Strictly.
The DIY SOS star has exclusively revealed he and fiancé Katie Dadzie have booked their big day and will be tying the knot in the UK next summer.
But the star will be out of action for several months – and he is worried he won’t be able to enjoy their first dance as man and wife.
Together with Katie, he attended an event held to celebrate a new collaboration between Grove Gallery and Astrea Diamonds and spoke about his concerns for their upcoming nuptials.
Wearing support braces over his suit on both his knee and shoulder, he revealed: “I’ll be resting until February but then I’m due to film for DIY SOS.
“I’m really hoping I’ll be back on my feet by then, although I won’t be fully recovered until August next year.
“We’ve booked our wedding for next summer and the plan is for us to be able to do a first dance.
“It won’t be a full Strictly routine but I’m determined to have a special dance with Katie.”
Nick tore his entire Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) during a Strictly Come Dancing dress rehearsal.
The telly star landed badly while performing a jump and it led to his and pro dancer Luba Mushtuk’s withdrawal from the BBC competition.
On top of this, the pair had already missed one live show of the series after Nick injured one of his biceps while changing a flat tyre on his car.
Nick praised his 33-year-old wife-to-be Katie for her support and defended her against nasty keyboard warriors.
He said: “Katie is such an incredible woman and doesn’t deserve all the grief she gets online.
“Whenever we’re pictured together, she gets called a ‘gold digger’ and ‘fame hungry’ and it couldn’t be further from the truth.
“She is a brilliant businesswoman and has already sold her first business for a big sum.
“Katie launched her own lingerie business last year and is already stocked in Next, one of the biggest retailers in the world.
“All this while being a single mum to two children. People have got her so wrong.”
Nick added: “Katie has been absolutely amazing over the last few weeks, taking me to all my hospital appointments.
“She’s had to put my trousers on for me too because I can’t even do that!”
Nick remained tight-lipped about the exact location of his and Katie’s big day, but it will be in the UK and there will be a special guest among the congregation – his Strictly partner Luba.
“Luba and Katie have really hit it off,” he added. “They’ve become great friends since my time on Strictly.”
Nick and Katie are now looking forward to Christmas together, even though Nick will be fresh out of surgery.
They have already decorated the outside of their home in Windsor, Berkshire, after Nick decided to pull out all the stops following a successful Halloween.
Nick said: “We went all out at Halloween so are doing the same for Christmas. I’ve even bought an inflatable 9ft teddy bear for £300.
“I’ve got a seven-year-old daughter and Katie has two children, so now is the time to fully embrace it!”