Nurses told to focus on compassionate care
Three-year strategy unveiled to tackle 'crisis in standards of care' amid concerns over treatment in NHS hospitals and care homesNurses are being urged to focus on compassionate care, amid concerns...
View ArticleWorld leaders lend weight to film urging end to drug prohibition
Richard Branson and son launch documentary they hope will match impact of An Inconvenient TruthCurrent and former world leaders on the frontline of the US-led war on drugs have called for a radical...
View ArticleMohamed Morsi supporters and opponents clash in Cairo
Witnesses say Muslim Brotherhood supporters stormed sit-in by 300 anti-Morsi protesters outside Egypt's presidential palaceEgyptian protesters demonstrating against Mohamed Morsi's assumption of...
View ArticleTeenager killed on Lincolnshire railway crossing
Boy, 14, dies on foot crossing in fourth rail-related death to affect county in four daysA 14-year-old boy has died after being hit by a train near a foot crossing in Lincoln, British Transport police...
View ArticleEgypt: Military given power to arrest civilians - Monday 10 December
Follow the day's events as they unfoldedHaroon Siddique
View ArticlePat Finucane's son says family's expectations of report are low
John Finucane says review is unlikely to get to the bottom of Belfast solicitor's murderThe son of Pat Finucane, the Belfast solicitor murdered by a loyalist gang that included state agents, has said...
View ArticleUK cold snap eases as 'warm' front books in for weekend
Bright and dry for much of UK with temperatures reaching double figures in south although fog and ice linger further northTemperatures are expected to remain chilly in the UK on Thursday before rain...
View ArticleChristmas cruise turns into 'plague ship' after norovirus outbreak
Passengers say 400 travellers have had winter vomiting bug but cruiseliner claims just six had 'mild gastrointestinal illness'A dream Christmas cruise has turned into the holiday from hell, according...
View ArticlePreston bus station demolition approved by council
City council decides in principle to bulldoze 1969 building, saying it is cheaper to replace it than refurbish itPreston city council has approved the demolition of its bus station, ignoring protests...
View ArticlePoppy burning teenager meets forces personnel in lieu of criminal charges
Linford House, 19, was arrested on Remembrance Sunday for posting a picture of a burning poppy on FacebookA teenager who was arrested after posting a picture of a burning poppy on Facebook has escaped...
View ArticleAddiction sufferers find little joy in Christmas
Increased temptations make the festive season dangerous and difficult for many addicted to alcohol or drugs. The Guardian visited patients at a treatment centre where help is at hand"Christmas is very...
View ArticleHolidaymakers at risk as doctors run out of typhoid vaccine
Supply crisis sparked by manufacturer's recall – 700,000 people already injected could be affectedTravellers jetting off to exotic climes this winter face a scramble to get immunised against typhoid,...
View ArticleFilm challenges extremism by and against British Muslims
Combinations – featuring Olympic torch bearer and boxing trainer Imran Naeem – delivers blows against online propagandaThe call to prayer sounds and a serious-looking man with a bushy beard stares...
View ArticlePig's head left outside centre used by Muslims
Three people arrested in Leicester where Islamic group faces protests over plans to open centre in disused Scout hutThree people have been arrested after a pig's head was left outside a community...
View ArticleRail fare structure 'not ideal', admits transport minister
Norman Baker vows to end above-inflation rises, which campaigners say are having an appalling impact on commutersTransport minister Norman Baker has admitted the current rail fare structure is "not...
View ArticleWettest English year sealed with a seal
Hit YouTube video shows creature arriving at flooded Cambridgeshire field, 50 miles from the coastIt is a fitting, if unlikely, image of England's wettest year on record: a seal in a Cambridgeshire...
View ArticleBritish theatre producer escapes two years in Ugandan jail for gay play
David Cecil's The River and the Mountain tells of young businessman dealing with homophobia in the African countryA Ugandan court has dismissed the case against a British theatre producer who faced two...
View ArticleDogan Ismail murder: police release picture of wanted boy
In an unusual step, police release CCTV image of last sighting of Dawda Jallow, 15, wanted for questioning over fatal stabbingPolice have released a picture of a 15-year-old boy they want to question...
View ArticleThai accused of shooting Stephen Ashton appears in court
Ekkapan Kaewkla charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a weapon over death of Briton at new year partyA man accused of shooting dead a British tourist at a New Year's Eve party in...
View ArticleCameron rejects call to return Falkland Islands to Argentina
Prime minister says he will 'do everything to protect interests of islanders' following demand by Argentina's presidentThe renewed demand by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the Falklands...
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