Publication: Guardian.co.uk

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 22 mins ago - 2 reports

Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of NHS England, announces he is to quit

Official criticised for role in Mid Staffs scandal to step down in March next year Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of NHS England, dramatically announced the end of his six-year reign after sustained criticism of his role in the Mid Staffs hospital ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

Entities: NHS, Sir David Nicholson, England

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 2 reports

Chelsea flower show top prize goes to Australians for first time in 100 years

Garden by Fleming's Nurseries takes home best in show with glamorous interpretation of sustainable design The roar may not quite have been audible back home in Victoria, but the rest of the showground could be in little doubt who was victorious. For the ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Sustainable Design, Mahonia, Trailfinders, Waratah, Australia

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 53 mins ago - 3 reports

The NHS failed my late daughter Tina. It must not fail other disabled people | Christine Papalabropoulos

Now is the moment to fight for safeguards within the health service to protect individuals with disabilities when they are ill I feel the most joyous time in anyone's life is when their child is born. Then, for some parents, their joy turns to heartbreak ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Disability, Out-of-Hours, NHS, Aspiration Pneumonia

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Maria Stubbings was killed by one man. The question is: who let it happen? | Julie Bindel

The failure of police to prevent her murder has been admitted. An apology is not enough – we need a public inquiry into domestic violence Maria Stubbings is dead, strangled by a former boyfriend and let down by the police who could have done more to keep ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Domestic Violence, Keith Ward, Homicide, Abuse, NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cr...

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 reports

Oklahoma tornado: before and after pictures from Moore - interactive

These before and after images from the Oklahoma suburb of Moore give some idea of the devastation wreaked on the area by the Tornado ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 reports

Oklahoma residents put pieces back together after devastating tornado

Moore residents residents share photos and video of the damage as they recover from a deadly tornado that struck on Monday Residents of Moore, Oklahoma watch a a storm heads toward the Oklahoma City suburb Monday. Photograph: Julie Jones/Courtesy of Julie ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Julie Jones, Tornado, Bank of Oklahoma, first responders

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Oklahoma tornado: Moore rescue mission continues into night – video

Rescue workers search the rubble left by the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, on Friday. Survivors in the town where 91 are feared dead recall the moments the twister hit. The president, Barack Obama, has called a state of major disaster and ordered ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, Major Disaster, Supplement

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 reports

Senior NHS figure challenges Jeremy Hunt over causes of A&E crisis

Chief executive of NHS Confederation rejects health secretary's claim that changes to GP contract in 2004 are to blame There is no link between the crisis in hospital A&E departments and GPs opting out of out-of-hours care, a leading NHS figure has said ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Out-of-Hours, NHS, Jeremy Hunt, Mike Farrar

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 6 reports

Cameron's leadership under fire: Politics live blog

Last night Survation released a poll showing the Tories just two points ahead of Ukip.Today's YouGov poll presents a very different picture. It shows the Tories 17 points ahead of Ukip. Here are the figures.Labour: 39% (down 1 from YouGov in the Sunday ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 15 hours ago]

Entities: David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Leadership

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 3 reports

Conservative party: a spiral of irrelevance | Editorial

If the Tories do not pull themselves together very soon the party will have forfeited its case for re-election What, and for whom, does today's – and tomorrow's – Conservative party stand? In various periods in the past, it has been possible to answer ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), UKIP UK Independence Party, Lord Ashcroft, David Cameron

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 4 reports

Tim Peake's space station mission could put a rocket under Britain's economy

UK space businesses set sights on £1bn orders as Major Tim becomes first British astronaut chosen to visit ISS There is the urge to explore the endless heavens, there are the mysteries of the starry cosmos to solve, but above all there is the faltering ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Cosmonaut, United Kingdom, Tim Peake

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Newark residents struggle to rescue neighbours after gas explosion destroys house - video

Audie Cashin describes his frantic efforts to rescue people after a gas explosion ripped through a terraced house in Newark, Nottinghamshire, on Sunday afternoon. He and four other people managed to drag one man out of the property. The bodies of two ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Detonation, Property

Quotes

"This will help to meet the needs of police officers and staff for generations to come, reducing long-term costs and enabling us to build on the success that we have had in reducing crime in recent years."

Police force to sell £11m headquarters it has never used [Published Guardian.co.uk - 21 mins ago]

He will remind Tory MPs: "Whether you are the larger or smaller party, the fact is governing together in the public interest carries a cost. Making compromises; doing things you find uncomfortable; challenging some of your traditional support – these are the dilemmas the Conservatives are coming to terms with, just as my party has had to."

Nick Clegg to tell off Tory backbenchers for 'game-playing' [Published Guardian.co.uk - 21 mins ago]

"Their damaging focus onon their own pet projects is failing to put our children first" Brennan said

Free school offering 'cross-subject' learning approved by Michael Gove [Published Guardian.co.uk - 22 mins ago]

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