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  • Leeds NHS hospital trust to replace chief executive Maggie Boyle following childrens heart surgery row

    Maggie Boyle will leave Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) next month ahead of a management shake-up which follows fears over high mortality figures. Operations were temporarily suspended earlier this year after concerns were raised over death rates at the children's heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). Ms Boyle is not believed to have tendered her resignation. A trust ...

  • Expert round up co-operation between councils

    Caroline Cunningham, director of the County Councils Network, says we need to keep sharing good practice, information and innovation. Photograph: Picturegarden/Getty ...

  • What is wrong with L.A. sports teams

    Become a fan of CNNOpinionStay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion and follow us @CNNOpinion on Twitter. We welcome your ideas and comments. This joker -- I guess others out there, too -- gets a weird satisfaction out of ...

  • Sports Man-U boss Moyes to adopt a youthful transfer policy at his new club

    Adapted from Caught Offside:Man United boss David Moyes will look to lure Goodison Park starlet Ross Barkley to Old Trafford this summer as the incoming manager seeks to adopt a youthful transfer policy at his new ...

  • On the road Mazda6 2.2D Saloon Sport Nav Auto

    We're off to see my mum. "Navigate to Dorchester-on-Thames," I command, to test out the state-of-the-art, voice-activated satnav. "Navigate to the nearest mountain pass - is that correct?" the car says. What? No! Dorchester-on-Thames. I try again. "Navigate to the nearest government office?" Maybe Mum's village is too small. Let's try Oxford - surely ...

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X2

X2

X2 is a significant improvement over its predecessor, 2000's eagerly awaited and highly anticipated X-Men. It gets right everything that the previous film had trouble with: Its scale is grander, its tone is more even and effective, and it balances its huge ensemble of characters with more grace and precision, allowing us to soak in the complexities of a world in which humans and mut ... ...

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  • I discovered I had colon cancer while I was pregnant

    At 31, Matilda Tristram was looking forward to having her first baby. Then she discovered she had cancer. Her comic about the experience is raw, funny and still ...

  • I never wanted my parents to go into a care home – then I had to face reality

    Louise Smith was adamant that her mother and father would never have to go into a nursing home. But one day the unthinkable happened and they could no longer look after themselves. Suddenly, residential care seemed the ...

  • Frances Hollandes signs gay marriage bill into law

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - People gather outside Marseille's town hall to attend a demonstration to support the passage of the same-sex marriage bill in Marseille, April 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jean-Paul ...

  • Sports Arsenal to sign QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar

    The Brazil international, whose representatives sounded out the Gunners last summer before he joined QPR from Inter Milan, has been told he can leave the relegated West ...

  • What Im really thinking the teenage mum

    "What a waste." I heard you say it, saw it in your eyes. "And thank God it's not me." Pregnant while still at school, her life is surely over when it's barely even begun.I watched as all of you, my friends, went off to university, travelled the world, carved out exciting careers, fell in love with unsuitable men. I received your occasional visits and postcards from ...

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