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Thursday 4 January 2018

Tell-all book on Trump to be released early despite White House legal effort

Publisher brings Michael Wolff book forward after Trump lawyer letter while new details of Fire and Fury cast doubt on president’s fitness for role

Tell-all book on Trump to be released early despite White House legal effort
Theresa May changes tack to apologise for postponed operations

Theresa May changes tack to apologise for postponed operations
Freemasons leader rejects claim group is blocking police reform

Freemasons leader rejects claim group is blocking police reform

Q&A;: Why is the NHS under so much pressure this winter?

We look at the key crises facing the NHS - and the government’s proposed solutions to the increased strains on staff, beds and budgets

Q&A;: Why is the NHS under so much pressure this winter?
'Organised chaos': staff at Ipswich hospital A&E; on an 'intense' week

Doctors and nurses worked unrelenting shifts to deal with deluge of patients over festive period, but the hospital has coped without declaring a black alert

'Organised chaos': staff at Ipswich hospital A&E; on an 'intense' week
Cate Blanchett to head Cannes film festival jury

Australian actor, who this week launched Time’s Up initiative to end sexual harassment, becomes 12th woman to lead jury

Cate Blanchett to head Cannes film festival jury
Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet nominated for Bafta rising star award

American who starred in gay drama Call Me By Your Name is shortlisted alongside three British actors

Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet nominated for Bafta rising star award

'Bannon may already be cooperating with Mueller': tell-all book shifts frame of Russia inquiry

In Fire and Fury, Steve Bannon is specific about what he regards as the most dangerous aspect of the investigation: Jared Kushner’s ties to Deutsche Bank

'Bannon may already be cooperating with Mueller': tell-all book shifts frame of Russia inquiry
Three TVs, a phone and a cheeseburger: tell-all book reveals bedtime for Donald

Among the revelations in Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury is a fascinating glimpse of home life in Trump’s White House, from separate bedrooms to rambling rants

Three TVs, a phone and a cheeseburger: tell-all book reveals bedtime for Donald
Ukraine: killing of lawyer sparks protests against 'criminal system'

Iryna Nozdrovska, whose body was discovered on 1 January, disappeared days after helping to block release from jail of nephew of a judge

Ukraine: killing of lawyer sparks protests against 'criminal system'
'Anything to report?': Korean hotline reopens with little to say between foes

First telephone contact since February 2016 had bumpy start when the South rang but no one in the North answered

'Anything to report?': Korean hotline reopens with little to say between foes

Aldi gives pay rise after UK sales exceed £10bn for first time

Salaries to increase by up to 4.6% at German grocer after Christmas sales surge

Aldi gives pay rise after UK sales exceed £10bn for first time
Investment banks earn record $104bn advising on takeovers

Soaring fees last year came from work on $3.5tn of takeover deals worldwide

Investment banks earn record $104bn advising on takeovers
Debenhams job cuts and store closures likely after disappointing sales

UK retailers struggle on high street and in shopping malls with falling revenue as shoppers move online

Debenhams job cuts and store closures likely after disappointing sales
'Melt-up' coinage could signal last hurrah for US stock market

Investor Jeremy Grantham dodged the dotcom bubble and US housing market crash ... and now predicts a euphoric ‘melt-up’ before inevitable thud

'Melt-up' coinage could signal last hurrah for US stock market

The Guardian view on farming after Brexit: not quite a revolution

Editorial: Environment secretary Michael Gove has a radical plan for the future. Tough luck on the little guy

The Guardian view on farming after Brexit: not quite a revolution
The Guardian view on Windsor’s homelessness: a parable of modern Britain

Editorial: Much about Tory Britain is revealed by a council leader’s view that police should clear up evidence of social decay

The Guardian view on Windsor’s homelessness: a parable of modern Britain
The Guardian view on hardware bugs: more security, less speed

Editorial: A hacking takedown of computer systems that capture and organise our lives is made possible because we applauded technology’s potential without adequately assessing the pitfalls

The Guardian view on hardware bugs: more security, less speed
Fat Cat Thursday and the changing world of work

Letters: Tim Gossling says that automation means the old capitalist model is no longer viable; Albert Beale writes that our drive for ‘efficiency’ is creating an increasingly inhumane world; plus letters from Keith Flett, John Wilson and Christine Weaser

Fat Cat Thursday and the changing world of work

Tony Blair’s a flawed messenger – but he’s worth listening to on Brexit

The former prime minister remains a divisive figure on the left, but Labour should heed him on Brexit, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Tony Blair’s a flawed messenger – but he’s worth listening to on Brexit
Did anyone else, just for a second, side with Steve Bannon?

There was a thrill to reading Bannon’s attack on Trump. But I had to remind myself that he is a bad guy too, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Did anyone else, just for a second, side with Steve Bannon?
Ben Jennings on Trump v Bannon – cartoon

Donald Trump has denounced Steve Bannon, his one-time confidant, who has made explosive claims about the president and his family

Ben Jennings on Trump v Bannon – cartoon
My take-away from the vegan pizza row – the food wars have to stop

As people become more eclectic in their culinary choices, the notion of meat-eating as society’s default position is unsustainable, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

My take-away from the vegan pizza row – the food wars have to stop

Deerstalkers and devil dogs: Sherlock Holmes hits stage at the double

In Liverpool and London, theatres are celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. Cue thrills, invention – and howls of laughter

Deerstalkers and devil dogs: Sherlock Holmes hits stage at the double
Schumann Quartet review – fleetness, humour and dexterity

Schumann Quartet review – fleetness, humour and dexterity
Late Night Gimp Fight review – death, deviance and smutty sketches

Late Night Gimp Fight review – death, deviance and smutty sketches

Heather Menzies obituary

Actor best known for playing Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of Music

Heather Menzies obituary

Weatherwatch: jewel ice is reinvented for 21st century by Instagram

Visitors flock to Hokkaido and Iceland’s Diamond beach to see the clear, jewel-like ice formed when the surface of a freshwater river freezes slowly

Weatherwatch: jewel ice is reinvented for 21st century by Instagram