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Fenway Park has always been a special place for Donna and Thomas Wall.

A Dickson state representative who leads the criminal justice committee that approved the governor’s permitless gun carry bill Wednesday said he understands law enforcement concerns — including former Dickson County sheriff Jeff Bledsoe who heads the state sheriff association.  But Rep. Michael Curcio, R-Dickson, believes the legislation unburdens law-abiding citizens and “hammers people who actually misbehave with guns.”  "The governor is going about it in the most reasoned way pos...

From fashion to farming: how Brexit is hitting Britains trade © PA; Alamy, REX/Shutterstock Brexit puts the return of international music tours into question, along with the future of our fishing, livestock, floral and fashion industries. Fashion “Since Brexit, sales to EU countries have rapidly declined,” says Rachael Attwood Hamard, the managing director of Britannical. The luxury children’s clothing brand is just one member of the UK’s £35bn fashion industry, which is warning tha...

Festivals, holidays, Euro 2020… will summers big events still go ahead? Tom Wall, Vanessa Thorpe and Harriet Sherwood © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA As Covid-19 cases rise across the world, hopes that life could get back to some semblance of normality by summer are fading. What chance do we have of going to a festival, flying off for a holiday or attending a major sporting event? © Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA The crowd for Kylie Minogue at the Glaston...

Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 05.02 EST Welcome to the final edition of the Guardian Weekly of a tumultuous year. With just a fortnight to go until the 1 January deadline, the UK and EU remained locked in talks this week to try to get a post-Brexit trade deal over the line. In the big story, Observer political editor Toby Helm and Tom Wall ask how on Earth it has come to this. After that it’s our review of 2020: the year of Covid-19. There have been other seismic events – the Black Lives...

How did we get here? The harsh realities of a no-deal Brexit Toby Helm and Tom Wall © AFP/Getty Images Boris Johnson with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels last week, prior to discussions for a post-Brexit trade deal. It is hard for most shoppers in Bridgwater’s weekly market to imagine the price rises and shortages that might be round the corner as Christmas and the new year approach. The covered stalls in this Somerset town – known as the Brexit capital of the s...