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A&Es; hit by children's mental health crisis

Troubled children add to NHS burden as concern grows over lack of out-of-hours care

A&Es; hit by children's mental health crisis
UK floods: hundreds flee homes as swaths of northern England submerged

• Met Office issues two highest-level red weather warnings
• Rescue services called to hundreds of incidents in Lancashire
• Severe flood warning in place for Leeds city centre

UK floods: hundreds flee homes as swaths of northern England submerged

Floods of biblical proportions leave cities, towns and villages under water

Troops come to the aid of emergency services to evacuate stranded families

Floods of biblical proportions leave cities, towns and villages under water
Bid to stamp out corporate tax avoidance unites Westminster parties

Current system viewed as unfair and too easy to circumvent

Bid to stamp out corporate tax avoidance unites Westminster parties
Foreign shoppers help boost Boxing Day sales figures

High-street retailers fight back as millions of bargain hunters hit post-Christmas sales, lifting the takings to record levels

Foreign shoppers help boost Boxing Day sales figures
Domestic abuse victims to join abusers in family therapy

Council adopts pioneering US model but women’s groups question approach

Domestic abuse victims to join abusers in family therapy

Can I keep my charity impulse going all year?

People tend to think of volunteering over the festive season. Why only then?

Can I keep my charity impulse going all year?
Civilisations: Three presenters, 10 parts, one epic history of the world’s culture

In revisiting the landmark series Civilisation, presenters Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama must face the challenge of following some of the most celebrated television of all time

Civilisations: Three presenters, 10 parts, one epic history of the world’s culture
Calls for Labour to split are indulgent when the priority is to engage voters

Last week, New Labour luminary Peter Hyman suggested that the Labour party might divide. Here, Ed Miliband’s former speechwriter argues that all factions need to find a way to close the gap between people and power

Calls for Labour to split are indulgent when the priority is to engage voters
From the archive – this week in 1944

Britain’s place in Europe

From the archive – this week in 1944

Taiwan’s heavy metal star rallies fans to run for parliament on anti-China platform

Freddy Lim, singer with black metal group Chthonic, is standing for a fast-growing pro-democracy party

Taiwan’s heavy metal star rallies fans to run for parliament on anti-China platform
Naukratis: ancient Egypt’s version of Hong Kong unearthed by British team

Excavation reveals scale and importance of Greek city on Nile delta that dominated trade

Naukratis: ancient Egypt’s version of Hong Kong unearthed by British team
From mafia city to a haven for refugees: Palermo moves on from its criminal past

Mayor of Sicilian capital insists it is a place of tolerance, in spite of high-profile criticism by singer Roberto Vecchioni

From mafia city to a haven for refugees: Palermo moves on from its criminal past
Why capturing Helmand is top of the Taliban’s strategic goals

The Afghan province is a strategic goal because it will provide a long-term base for undermining Kabul

Why capturing Helmand is top of the Taliban’s strategic goals

2016: The year of living precariously

It could be the year the UK decides to leave the EU. In science, the hunt will be on for dark matter, while 2016 will mark the 400th birthday of Shakespeare. Observer writers look to the year ahead

2016: The year of living precariously
Star Wars awakens new wave of film tourism as its fans seek out locations

Star Wars awakens new wave of film tourism as its fans seek out locations
Terror: after Paris, Tunisia and California, can we stop it spreading?

Terror: after Paris, Tunisia and California, can we stop it spreading?

Five factors that shook the world’s markets in 2015

Turmoil in Greece, stock plunges in China and a feeding frenzy of mergers characterised the year

Five factors that shook the world’s markets in 2015
From smoking diesels to Sports Direct: the business year in review

Forget Wall Street – it was a semi in Hounslow, a warehouse in Derbyshire and a boardroom in Wolfsburg that provided some of 2015’s biggest shocks

From smoking diesels to Sports Direct: the business year in review