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We’ve rounded up the best long sleeve autumn wedding guest dresses under £100 from the likes of Topshop, Next and more

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Although summer is the most popular time for weddings, autumn and winter ceremonies still exist, making the idea of ‘wedding season’ somewhat of a myth.

And if you’ve got a ceremony coming up, knowing what to wear, especially in chilly weather, can be pretty difficult. Of course, the simple solution is to throw a jacket or blazer on a dress you already own. But if you want to feel a little more put together, we’re here to help you out with the best long sleeve wedding guest dresses.

The best part? They’re all under £100, proving you don’t need to break the bank to look stylish. This autumn we’re seeing a lot of rich burgundy, plum and chocolate shades, animal prints and moody florals leading the way.

From brands like Topshop, Next and Nobody’s Child, check out our favourite buys below…

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Topshop

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Scarf detail dresses were a huge wedding guest trend back in the summer, so it’s no surprise to see them back again for the autumn. Hailing from Topshop’s new collection, this long sleeve maxi dress is perfect for fashion lovers and maximalists. Simply throw on a longline wool coat if you’re heading to a winter wedding.

SHOP THE DRESS: Long sleeve ruffle maxi dress with scarf wrap detail in abstract stripe, £85 here

Next

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As mentioned earlier, burgundy is all over the high street this autumn, and this cape maxi dress from Next makes a glam statement while staying chic and elegant. Pair with some platform gold heels and jewellery for the perfect wedding guest look.

SHOP THE DRESS: Burgundy Red Cape Maxi Dress, £72 here

Coast

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If darker tones aren’t your thing, you can definitely still wear pastels in the autumn. We love the powder blue shade of this tiered maxi dress from Coast. It’s flattering cinched waist and voluminous sleeves give it that romantic, Victorian feel that’s right on trend at the moment. Team with silver heels and accessories for an effortlessly chic wedding guest fit.

SHOP THE DRESS: Jacquard Tiered Maxi Dress, currently £90.30 here

Nobody’s Child

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Florals are always a good idea when it comes to wedding guest dressing and they aren’t just reserved for spring. Toughen them up for the colder months by opting for darker, moodier colours like this gorgeous black floral midi dress from reserved. Layer over a faux fur coat or a satin blazer for a glam look.

As temperatures continue to plummet as we head into autumn, we’ve found an affordable way to keep your home warm without stretching the energy bills – and it’s over £400 cheaper than Dyson

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We’re all looking for ways to keep our homes warm without paying a fortune on heating bills this winter, and while buying a portable heater may sound like an expensive choice, it doesn’t have to be.

Unlike Dyson’s best-selling Purifier Hot+Cool HP1 Purifying fan heater, which currently retails for £549.99 on their website, this Hot and Cool Tower Fan from Amazon is not only eco-friendly but costs less than £100, saving shoppers a huge £450.

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Much like the Dyson, this tower fan features a bladeless design that ensures it’s a top choice for households with pets or young children, who don’t want to get hurt when the fan is running. Plus, the lack of blades contributes to its quiet running, which shoppers have been quick to praise.

This rotating tower fan comes armed with a handy remote control, so you can operate the heat and fan settings from anywhere in the room without needing to move, making it especially handy for when you’re curled up and comfy.

The fan boasts eight speeds, so you can easily customise the airflow and temperature as you wish. With a 1400W Power supply, this Amazon fan offers great airflow for both 80° wide and long-range heat distribution, promising to warm the room quickly and evenly.

Boasting a similar design to Dyson’s iconic hot and cold fan, this Amazon pick comes armed with a 1—to 8-hour timer. This allows you to easily set the cooling or heating to run as you doze off to sleep without needing to keep the fan on all night long.

The fan’s shell is made of ABS refractory materials, and the gadget only weighs 2.5kg, which means it can be easily moved from one room to another.

This fan currently retails for £99 on Amazon, or if you’d rather shop the real deal, you can find the best-selling Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool HP1 Purifying fan heater for £549.99 on Dyson’s website.

A “long-standing” problem that many women of color face is brought up again as Shakira Khan bravely speaks out about her experience in the Love Island villa

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Love Island’s Shakira Khan has reignited a conversation around the treatment of women of colour in ITV’s hit reality TV show, Love Island.

Speaking on the We Need To Talk podcast with host Paul C. Brunson, Shakira explained how she, Toni Laites and Yasmin Pettet labelled themselves the “outcasts” after realising they’d been sidelined by the main group in the villa.

There is a pattern here, which I don’t think anyone wants to talk about: women of color, she said, “but you could also add Billykiss to that, Malisha, Andrada, and Emma.”

It wasn’t about desire, according to Shakira. She claims that friendship dynamics contributed to her being an “outcast.” She explained that anyone who threatened the other group was systematically spies out. The outcasts banded together, they said.

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Speaking from a similar experience of being sidelined and ignored, season 4’s Samira Mighty recently revealed what it felt like to be a Black woman in the villa. “It didn’t bother me at all, until the guys started coming in and I wasn’t getting picked,” she said.

“I remember speaking to one of the producers and saying ‘do you think it’s because I’m Black?’” she recalled on ITV The Rundown. While the producer was taken aback, Samira recognises the pattern that often appears in TV. “Why is it sometimes the ethnic people are pushed to the side and not even looked at?” she asked.

Seven years after Samira’s season, questions remain unanswered. Kaz Kamwi described how one of the first cast members, Kaz Kamwi, quickly realized she wasn’t everyone’s “type on paper.”

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“The last thing I wanted was to be a box-ticker and it was hard to not take the rejection personally. Aside from being ‘petite’, I just wasn’t fitting in with what the guys were looking for ‘on paper’,” she told Grazia.

Kaz acknowledged that the weight of that rejection increased as the days and weeks progressed. She said, “I worry about the bigger impact of this and where the real damage can be done.” It sends the impression that Black women might not be desirable.

Another islander, Rachel Finni from season 7, said she felt she was placed on the show “to make them look good”, being the first Black bombshell in seven years. She told Grazia that people are entitled to be attracted to who they are, but believes the producers should’ve put people in the villa that were attracted to her.

Make sure there are some guys there who are also drawn to Black girls and Asian girls if you have a lot of guys who are attracted to blonde hair and blue eyes because it’s just a matter of ticking a box. Let people know what type of person you are, and make sure to use it in a positive way, she said.

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It appears that today’s Love Island Island is more diverse than ever. Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan, the show’s first Black couple, won last year, making it a milestone in British history. However, despite having better representation than it has ever been, diversity and equity are both shown repeatedly in the reality TV dating landscape.

When it comes to Love Island UK, “We] are having the exact conversation every year. They don’t even entertain Black women who are attracted to them in the villa. Talk less of the amount of screen time available, according to a show fan.

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Another person claimed that the show’s UK version is completely abandoned because of how it treats Black women, while adding, “I think a big reason why I don’t] watch Love Island UK is how they are treating the black women.” My girls should be pursued and further desired in the USA version, which is just better for my mental health.

And representation alone isn’t enough, as the experiences of Shakira, Samira, Kaz, and Rachel show, for women of color entering the Love Island villa. Fair treatment also matters.

The Mirror reached out to ITV for comment. They said: “Love Island’s only stipulation is that applicants are over 18, single and looking for love. Our application and casting process is inclusive to all and we are always aiming to reflect the age and diversity of our audience on the show.”

Sean Bean, the star of the Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, is praised as a local hero as he spearheads a campaign to deter development plans for greenbelts.

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Sean Bean has become a local hero after taking over “valiant and impassioned campaign” to save greenbelt land from development plans after the original campaign leader tragically died.

The Game of Thrones star, 66, has joined forces with other local residents of Handsworth, Sheffield, as part of the ‘Save S13 Greenbelt – The Sapphire McCarthy campaign’. Together, they seek to halt the plans of the local council to build 1638 homes in two areas of greenbelt land.

Sapphire was concerned that the proposed scheme would sagutter her “dream views” when she launched the campaign. Sean paid tribute to her and praised the “valiant and impassioned campaign” after her sadly passing away at the age of 39.

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The campaigners claim that a significant development in Waverley’s immediate vicinity has already rendered health services and schools in jeopardy because of the increased pollution and overcrowding of the local infrastructure.

After raising £10, 000 to help with the housing plans challenge, Sean praised the community’s efforts and unity. He claimed that, despite receiving hundreds of objections and no assistance from the council, “MP Clive Betts has been the only source of assistance,” according to the Daily Mail.

It is amazing how the residents have come together and how they have managed to cram all this armor around them in such a short amount of time, and shows that we mean business. We are not letting that go. We won’t stop, and we will carry this out.

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He noted that his own childhood love for the greenbelt and that the green areas designated for development have a significant impact on residents’ mental health.

The actor said, “I grew up in that area, and all of my friends and families from that area, which was the heart and heart of the area where we explored the countryside, laughed at, and played games, were very important to me. Because it is the only greenery in the area, it has long been a draw for children to grow up and encounter wildlife; it has since been a blessing to Handsworth and the surrounding communities. If we lost it, it would be devastating.

If you don’t have that space around you mentally and psychologically, it’s harmful because you become isolated, blinkered, and very claustrophobic, according to the saying “you have to have greenery, it’s calming influence, good for your health, and good for your mind.”

Sean continued, “The people’s land is their land.” What will the council do if they just flog it and keep the money? The council owns it, though. Then, it will be gone; they will have some of the money while we have nothing. He compared the area to Wimbledon Common in London and Central Park in New York, both of which are renowned for their advantages for both mental and physical health.

Cheryl Hague, a different campaigner, stated: “We are delighted to have Sean’s support on this important campaign and will continue this fight with the planning inspector meetings that will be held next week.

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The planning inspectors of the government now have to decide whether the housing development plans are fair and robust after the Sheffield City Council voted through them in May. On Monday (September 29), a hearing will take a decision. 1.5 million homes have been promised by the Labour government.

According to the latest official statistics, homelessness in England is at a record high, with the number of rough sleepers increasing by 20% in just a year. Analysis from the Financial Times showed that one in every 200 households in the UK is experiencing homelessness, placing this country at the top of the global league of table for highest rate of homelessness.

The government also pledged to prioritise social and affordable housing plans, and promised to build 300,000 homes as part of what former housing secretary Angela Rayner called the “social rent revolution”. Social housing schemes are designed to build properties that can help alleviate homelessness by ensuring such housing is genuinely affordable and linked to local incomes.

It is unknown if the S13 greenbelt developments are part of this pledge, but the council are part of a coalition calling for a “green and decent homes programme”. In May, they said the coalition believes England’s council housing needs to be modernised and more funding for new council homes should be put in place.

TikTok star Zuza Beine has tragically died at the age of 14, after leaving a tear-jerking final message for fans.

The influencer, who inspired millions with her cancer journey, tragically passed after more than a decade of battling leukemia. Zuza openly shared health updates on instagram and TikTok, along with “get ready with me” videos and dances with friends.

The Wisconsin-based influencer and her family started documenting her journey with cancer on the Instagram account @Zuzas_Way_To_Healing in 2020. The account gained almost 2million followers.

In a message to her supporters, her family said: “It is with broken hearts that we share that Zuza died yesterday morning.”

“She lived 11 of her 14 years with a relentless cancer, yet lived more fully and gratefully than most. Her being changed us forever, and her dying will too.”

Zuza was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, which starts in the bone marrow and moves into the blood. Though most cases affect adults, Zuza was diagnosed when she was only three-years-old. She had beaten the illness five times before died, having undergone bone marrow transplants and multiple rounds of chemotherapy.

In her final videos, Zuza opened up about the pain she was in. She explained how tough her illness was. “I’m going to be honest, lately my health has not been the best,” she said.

“Physically and mentally. I have been in so much pain lately. I’m constantly on pain medicine.”

In her last post, she said having cancer made her more “grateful” for the things others take for granted: “Being diagnosed with cancer has made me deeply grateful for the everyday things that many people often take for granted.” These included food, friendships, family, and even the fun of experimenting with different hairstyles thanks to chemotherapy.

After her death, Zuza’s family said what made her life “beautiful” was her ability to “face the heardest circumstances, like disease, and still live fully”.

“It is no coincidence to us that the last video she made captures what she was grateful for a testament to a life filled with both beauty and suffering.

“More than anything, she wanted to be a normal, healthy kid. But what made her life so beautiful was how she learned to face the hardest circumstances, like her disease, and still live fully.”

The Macmillan Support Line offers confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. If you need to talk, call us on 0808 808 0000.

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