David Bowie dies
Monday
11
January
2016
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Iconic rock star dies of cancer aged 69The legendary musician known for musical innovation and experimentation with his image died 18 months after being diagnosed with cancer -
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I wouldn't like to make singing a full-time jobFrom the newly famous singer of Space Oddity to the superstar of latter years, here is Bowie in his own words
headlines
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Paula Radcliffe rejects UK Athletics’ proposal to wipe out world recordsPaula Radcliffe has hit out at UK Athletics’ suggestion that all world records should be expunged from the books because it will mean that innocent athletes like herself will unfairly suffer
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Environment Agency chairman Philip Dilley resigns over job demandsDilley quits weeks after coming under fire when it emerged he was on holiday in Barbados as floods hit northern England
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Underground users to face three 24-hour tube strikesThree unions confirm strike action on 26 January, 15 and 17 February over pay and night tube dispute
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Psychologist pleads to keep job after giving MDMA to clientHelen Winter admits to taking party drug with two clients and that her actions may have discredited the profession
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highlights
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Hobbies make us happier – so ignore the mockery, and enjoyGardening, birdwatching, stroking your cat – whatever it is you like doing, just go for it. It’s officially good for you
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M&S; gets the knives out for ‘simple white bread’The bog-standard white sliced loaf may be in decline, but it still has some surprising fans
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If its first week is anything to go by, 2016 could be an even more turbulent year than the last. Is there an antidote to barbarity and economic decline?As Mein Kampf returns to Germany, the world is again awash with hatred
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They needed someone who could speak penguinese. I needed the money'They were looking for someone who could speak penguinese. I needed the money’
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Would you buy a used housing estate from David Cameron?The prime minister promises to bulldoze the worst social housing. But if he wants to help the residents, there are better ways to do it
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We know it's effective. So why is there opposition to the HPV vaccine ?Over 90% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV. But squeamishness about sex and unsupported safety fears are threatening vaccination programmes
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from the UK
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Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell resignsLabour frontbencher and Newcastle North MP cites ‘concerns about direction and internal conflict’ within party, in latest blow to Jeremy Corbyn
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Benefits Street participant jailed for drug dealingSamora Roberts, known to viewers as Black Dee, also convicted of possessing handgun ammunition, and given seven years
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around the world
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Trucks from aid convoy enter besieged Syrian townMédecins Sans Frontières says boy and four men died of starvation in Madaya on Sunday
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Gangs attack groups of foreignersLocal newspaper says attackers arranged via Facebook to go on ‘manhunt’ of foreigners after assaults on women on New Year’s Eve
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in brief
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What to watch until the movie rides into townHBO has confirmed that series creator David Milch will be making a new film of the wild west drama that was cancelled in 2006. Here are five shows to watch while you wait
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Marie Kondo’s decluttering revolutionRetail therapy may have lost its lustre, but Kondo’s ‘spark joy’ message promises to cleanse your wardrobe and your soul as well
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Rotten Tomatoes' best reviewed film of 2015Oscar contenders Room, Brooklyn, Carol and Amy were also honoured at the critical aggregator’s annual Golden Tomato awards
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New social network app taking the tech world by stormIt’s the new social network from Vine’s co-founder where you can post a gif with just one letter, and it’s currently iOS-only. But is it just another Ello?
in depth
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Hollywood's barbed comic geniusThe writer of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was an extraordinary, barbed genius of the silent era, Hollywood and Broadway
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Old practice still seen as new chance for a better life – for someAn industry that dates back to 1614 in the US, mail-order marriages continue to be popular for women living in bleak conditions abroad, and US blue-collar men
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Confessions of a cycle courierA memoir of years as a London bike messenger evoke a love affair with the city from the frontline of the road wars
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Everything you ever wanted to know (but were too busy exfoliating to ask)Does anti-ageing moisturiser work? Will what I eat affect my skin? And is it ever OK to squeeze a spot?
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Wise Children by Angela CarterThis fictionalised showbiz memoir contains all the juicy Shakespearean tropes of ambition, greed and revenge, expressed with a breathtaking lyricism
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How El Chapo's luck finally ran outChase for Mexico’s most wanted criminal in Los Mochis is stuff of Hollywood: helicopters, shootouts, sewers, carjacking, handcuffs and satin sheets
charity appeal 2015
pictures & video
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Foreign domestic staff enduring five-star serfdom in London‘I was just a slave’: the foreign domestic staff living a life of five-star serfdom in London – video
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Why are junior doctors going on strike?Junior doctors are preparing to go on strike for 24 hours from 8am on Tuesday morning, the first such action in 40 years
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A video tributeThe Guardian’s Caspar Llewellyn Smith, Harriet Gibsone and Michael Hann look back at the extraordinary career of David Bowie
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Life on 'the wickedest road in Britain'Varna Road in Birmingham was a demonised district in 1960s Britain ... until the US photographer Janet Mendelsohn arrived and captured the tenderness and warmth amid the poverty, pimps and prostitution
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Market traders at Istanbul’s grand bazaarThe grand bazaar in the Turkish capital is one of the world’s oldest covered markets. More than 250,000 people a day are thought to visit its 3,000-plus stalls
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Wildlife photographer of the yearThomas Vijayan’s image of grey langurs was the overwhelming favourite among the almost 20,000 nature photography lovers that voted in the Wildlife photographer of the year people’s choice award
people
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Deadline apologises for claiming Sean Penn to meet Isis leaderWebsite publishes retraction after weekend editor mistakes New Yorker satirical piece for news story, following actor’s El Chapo interview
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My earliest TV memory? RentaghostThe Voice UK and Big Brother presenter makes a pitch to be the host of Treasure Hunt
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Paris Saint-Germain become embroiled in row with M.I.A.Paris Saint-Germain have become embroiled in a legal row with the rapper M.I.A after she wore a modified version of the club’s shirt in one of her music videos
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Tolstoy is quite cruel about womenAs the orphaned and penniless ward Sonya in the BBC’s adaptation of War and Peace, Loftus has captured her character’s journey from little kitten to sterile flower. But has she read the book? Of course she has
the big picture
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Bowie tributes and Carnival rehearsalsThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you the best photographs from around the world, including tributes to David Bowie in London, The Golden Globes in LA, and Carnival rehearsals in Brazil
Bowie, the man who thrilled the world