Sync PR for release 24.11.0

[kratman]

Syncing changelog updates and git history

[arjxn-py]

Thanks @kratman

[kratman]

This will need to be merged instead of squashed. I will do that as soon as RTD is done

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 99.73136% with 4 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 99.25%. Comparing base (0e50894) to head (5b1ef70).
Report is 177 commits behind head on develop.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
src/pybamm/simulation.py	90.62%	3 Missing ⚠️
...els/submodels/particle_mechanics/base_mechanics.py	92.85%	1 Missing ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage    99.42%   99.25%   -0.18%     
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  Lines        22215    22906     +691     
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+ Hits         22087    22735     +648     
- Misses         128      171      +43     

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