headlines
Wednesday
14 December 2016
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Southern rail strike talks adjournedHopes remain that row can be resolved as Southern’s 2,242 weekday services were cancelled again on Wednesday
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Aleppo civilians plead for help as airstrikes resumeCall for international community to put a stop to fighting as evacuation of civilians from stricken city blocked by militias
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'Kangaroo care' makes premature babies healthier and wealthierResearch suggests method involving skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding gives premature and low birth-weight infants better chance of thriving in later life
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spotlight
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Will the next political earthquake happen in France?Donald Trump’s victory in the US has given the far-right outsider hope of causing a shock in May’s election. But key differences between the two – and their electoral systems – stand in her way
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No 6: Black MirrorOur countdown of the year’s top TV continues with Charlie Brooker’s near-future nightmare, which made us want to throw our mobiles in a bucket of water
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Judith Mackrell's top 10 showsJane Eyre duetted with Rochester, Akram Khan imagined a refugee Giselle and Jonathon Young battled his demons in a nightmare cabaret. Our critic picks this year’s best dance
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No 3: Blackstar by David BowieWhether or not David Bowie was reading his own runes, his final album was an incandescent flare of creativity that stands with his very best
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No 3: ArrivalAs our countdown continues, Catherine Shoard heralds Denis Villeneuve’s emotionally bruising sci-fi which saw aliens – almost - land on Earth
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The best of 2016 – and the ones that didn't cut itThanks to industry changes this year saw exposure for Americana artists outside the constraints of country, but there were some mash-ups no one asked for
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Best 30 of 2016From the retro gaming delights of Super Mario Bros to virtual reality, home-bots and hybrid cars, here is this year’s must-have technology
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The political solutions to the crisis may be complex, but that does not mean we should abandon our humanityPlease help us help child refugees survive the winter
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Yes, the recipes are rubbish – but I love it when celebrities write cookbooksThere are posher books from proper cooks and you can find a good recipe for anything online. But they don’t have heartwarming, homely stories about the Kardashians
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from the uk
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Delay Murdoch takeover till after Leveson part 2, says Gordon BrownFormer PM says planned second part of inquiry is needed to look at evidence of wrongdoing beyond phone hacking
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HMRC changes decision over VAT for adult colouring booksThe popular colouring books will now remain VAT-free unless they are specifically marketed towards adults
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around the world
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Only swift action can avert genocide, says UN human rights chiefTargeted sanctions and peacekeeping force among measures urged at special session of UN human rights council as violence compared with Rwanda
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Indian newspaper's 'scientific' tips for conceiving boysAdvice in Keralan paper Mangalam includes sleeping while facing to the left and never skipping breakfast
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explore
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Why the power list is as daft as the second Bridget Jones filmLists such as this have an impact only if they are divisive and provocative – but did the Radio 4 programme’s panel make the right call?
life
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Christmas gift ideas for academicsEverything your big-brained university friends and colleagues could wish for
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Dirty deeds to help you cheat at Christmas board gamesA study reports that playing Highway to Hell could be just the thing to break your opponent’s concentration - but what other tricks will help you win?
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Three easyJet flights are cancelled and no one says whyOur fare refund has inexplicably been reduced and it won’t pay our expenses
people
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Former PM named most influential woman of last 70 yearsWomen’s Hour judges divided by choice of former Conservative prime minister, but even dissenters conceded that ‘she redefined power’
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To Sir With Love authorAuthor best known for his 1959 novel To Sir, With Love, based on his experiences as a black teacher in a London school, which was turned into a successful film
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Piers Morgan claims singer used PTSD to promote new albumTV host tweets dismissively that the singer’s revelation she was raped as a teenager is a marketing ploy – then he takes a swing at pop queen Madonna too
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Andrew Lloyd Webber says he discovered singer – but failed to actImpresario says he spotted singer entertaining at Sandy Lane, Barbados, but decided not to ‘bring her back’ from holiday to join his stage stable
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Smoked salmon – a photo essayGraeme Robertson visits H Forman & Son – where the founder’s great-grandson Lance produces ‘London cure’ using original methods – and with a drone captures where the fish are farmed
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A hungry sloth and an EU jokeThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including Nigel Farage in Strasbourg and a sloth in Vienna
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Eastern Aleppo as pro-Assad forces move inAfter weeks of heavy fighting, regime forces were poised to take full control of Aleppo, dealing the biggest blow to Syria’s rebellion in more than five years
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On the road to Ayr United with Hibs fansPhotographer Alan McCredie and writer Daniel Gray joined Hibs fans on their journey to Somerset Park in Ayr to take in the unique charms of the away trip
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Andrew Sim and Emily Gough in north-west ArgentinaThe red rock landscapes, empty roads and indigenous traditions of north-west Argentina were highlights of the bloggers two-year trip through Latin America
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Brexit Plan will not be published before February, says Davis
Politics live Davis takes MPs' questions