Black Friday 2024 – live: Latest news and early offers

Air fryers have changed the home-cooking game, thanks to their ability to cook foods without using any oil, helping you make delicious and healthy meals. They also offer a more cost-effective way to cook, compared with a conventional oven, and every penny counts as we head into the colder months.

Luckily for us, we can save even more by snapping up a pre-Black Friday deal on an air fryer. From Ninja to Russell Hobbs, we’ve hunted down the creme de la creme of air fryer offers (they don’t disappoint).

Each winter, blanket hoodies are among the hottest buys – and one brand in particular dominates the market: Oodie. Luckily, if you’re looking to save on one of Oodie’s coveted wearable throws, the brand has just announced the return of its mega Black Friday event.

Yes, you can secure one of Oodie’s bestselling black £65 blanket hoodies for just £1, thanks to this Black Friday event. All you need to do is sign up with your email or phone number to be notified 24 hours before the offer goes live and again with a two hour warning.

From the exact date of the sale to early offers, here’s everything you need to know.

Amazon, Currys, Argos and John Lewis are all but guaranteed to offer big discounts on headphones and earbuds from the likes of Apple, Sony, Bose, Sennheiser, Beats and more.

Last year’s Black Friday event saw discounts of up to 50 per cent on certain models in our round-ups of the best headphones and the best earbuds, including the Sony WH-1000XM5 and the AirPods Pro 2.

If you’re looking for a new pair of headphones and don’t want to wait until Black Friday, our tech team has found the best deals to shop right now (you’re welcome).

One of our favourite appliance and hair tool brands, Dyson has jumped the gun yet again this year, dropping a bunch of Black Friday offers.

Yes, that means you can currently save on its bestselling vacuum cleaners, air purifiers and top-of-the-range hair stylers (up to £150 off). Dyson deals never stick around for long, so act fast.

For your ease, Lois has rounded up the best early Dyson offers to shop now – plus, the deals she’s hoping to see during the main event.

Black Friday is an event that many savvy parents will have bookmarked in their calendars as an opportunity to stockpile Christmas gifts and snap up some bargains (on behalf of Santa, of course).

Previous years’ events have seen mega savings from the likes of Very, Argos, Amazon, John Lewis and Smyths, on household names such as Lego, Barbie, Disney and Hot Wheels.

Ramping up the excitement ahead of the official sales event, our shopping team has found the best toy deals to shop now – think Vtech, Toniebox and more.

If you’re looking for a price cut, you don’t even have to wait, as our tech writer Alex has hunted down the best early Nintendo Switch deals ahead of the main event.

He’s rounded up everything you need to know about Nintendo Switch Black Friday sales, from the best early Nintendo Switch offers to the deals he expects to see on Black Friday itself. So, what are you waiting for?

When it comes to doing the laundry in the depths of winter, there’s one appliance you may want to invest in: a heated clothes airer.

While a tumble dryer can cost up to £1.55 an hour to operate (depending on the model), a heated airer is a far more energy-efficient way to dry your clothes, as it is likely to cost less than 40p an hour to run.

Now, you can save even more money, thanks to early Black Friday deals. True to form, our team of shopping experts have rounded up the best heated clothes airer offers available:

Falling the day after Thanksgiving in the US, Black Friday marks the start of the pre-Christmas shopping season. In fact, the first use of “Black Friday” in retail can be traced all the way back to the Fifties, when shops shifted from losses (in the red) to profits (in the black).

In the decades since, what started as a one-day sale has evolved into a four-day event (and, in some cases, a whole month of deals) that’s marked internationally and concludes on what is known as Cyber Monday.

This year, the mammoth sale will kick off on Friday 29 November. Lasting a full four days, the deals will end on Cyber Monday (2 December).