NHS watchdog covered up maternity unit review says report

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Parents of children who died at a maternity unit in Furness general hospital have been given copies of the report. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/Press ...

Geeky and not for girls Technologys big image problem

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Marissa Mayer of Yahoo are two great examples. What we can't lose sight of, though, is that success stories don't happen overnight and the next generation of future female business leaders needs to be nurtured and supported.I often speak at girls' schools about careers in tech, and it quickly becomes apparent that a perception gap exists between engagement and enjoyment of ...

Proposed fire cuts threaten the safety of residents in some London boroughs

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Councils have borne the brunt of government funding cuts and have had to make painful decisions about where savings can be made or whether residents can stomach an increase in council tax.In Southwark, we have frozen council tax for the last five years as we know local people are already struggling. Like many councils, what we prioritise over any financial savings is the safety of our residents, ...

Open supplier data will sustain social housing

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Once a critic of the 'piling costs' of green regulations, George Osborne now recognises the value of open energy data. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty ...

How to do leadership for successful public mutualisation

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Mutualisation is not a quick fix for an ailing service but an organisational discipline embodying self-help, shared power, interdependence and joint ...

Whats on the 2013 government communicators to-do list

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

government communications and it conjures thoughts of massaging messages, spinning statistics or manipulating media stories.But if you want an insight into the real work of government communicators, take a quick look at the government's second annual communications plan. We are publishing the plan on Thursday 20 June, and it is a business-like reminder of the breadth and importance of what ...

Sport audiences increasingly social media savvy

B&T - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Australian sport audiences are getting more social media savvy, mobile, and fanatical, reveals the PERFORM Global Sports Media Consumption Report, released today. "This second annual report into how Australians are engaging with sports media confirms our belief that fans are increasing their demand for content across a range of platforms," says managing director of PERFORM ...

Lifestyle Infrastructure best practices for IT deployments in small server rooms

Standard Digital - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

NAIROBI, KENYA: Having experienced thousands of server rooms of small businesses and branch offices, global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric has revealed that most of them are not only space constrained, but also disorganised, unsecured, hot, and unmonitored. Often, mission critical IT equipment has been found in confined rooms, closets, or even on the office floor. IT ...

Huawei announces worlds thinnest phone - the Ascend P6

The Independent - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The handset will be part of the Chinese telecom giant's first global product launch as it looks to capture a share of the ever-diversifying smartphone market.The P6 trumpets its high-end features and is constructed from metal and glass (unlike Samsung, which often uses plastic in building its phone). Huawei are also pushing their own version of the Android operating system, the so-called ...

How to raise money effectively through telephone fundraising

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The telephone is one of the most effective channels for raising money. It is one of the only channels that allows fundraisers to have a direct, two-way conversation with supporters - either current or potential. With the right training, fundraisers can use the telephone to add value to a whole host ...

Ministers consider ban on face-down restraint in mental hospitals

The Independent - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one ...

U.S. builders complain they cant find skilled carpenters

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

1 of 4. Carpenter's work on installing fascia trimwork at a housing site at Mid-Atlantic Builders ''The Villages of Savannah'' development in Brandywine, Maryland May 31, ...

After court rules California gay marriage fight may go on

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 26, ...

Dubai sports ambassador wins Chinese legal battle

Arabian Business - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Argentinean football legend Diego Maradona, Dubai's Honorary Ambassador of Sports since September 2012, will be awarded 3 million yuan ($326,129) as compensation from three Chinese companies for using his name in an online game without his ...

Sports Briefing | Tennis American Upsets Top Seed at Eastbourne

New York Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Jamie Hampton, an American qualifier, upset top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 7-6 (2), 6-2, in the first round at Eastbourne, England. ...

Alcohol restrictions protect Aboriginal people high court rules

Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Curbs on the sale and possession of alcohol in 19 Queensland communities do target indigenous Australians, but do not breach international or Australian racial discrimination ...

Empire State Building gets left-field $2 billion offer to sell

Reuters - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City real estate company offered to buy the Empire State Building for $2 billion, a written offer showed, significantly below the skyscraper's appraisal price and about three weeks after investors in the iconic building approved a plan to take the tower public in a real-estate investment ...

Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash

Reuters - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer ...

Voice Did the right one win

Entertainment Weekly - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

#LS-100 ID is for Link Smart --> SPOILER ahead! Read on to find out whether Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel, or the Swon Brothers took home the season 4 win at the end of tonight’s finale — which featured performances by Cher, Christina Aguilera, Pitbull, Florida Georgia Line, Nelly, Bruno Mars, Bob Seger, Hunter Hayes, and OneRepublic. Whew! The winner ...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 benchmarked sports extremely fast GPU

Ars Technica - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

At this point, almost every high-end Android phone we've seen this year has arrivedsporting Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600 SoC, which combines four of the company's Krait 300 CPU cores with the Adreno 320 GPU used in last year's Snapdragon S4 Pro. But there's another chip that ...

Sports Briefing | Track and Field Jamaican Sprinter Suspended Over Drug Test

New York Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Olympic 200-meter winner Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica is serving a suspension while antidoping officials rule on a recent positive drug test. Her manager said Campbell Brown was ...

SYTYCD top 20 Your take

Entertainment Weekly - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Top 20 performance show later on; in the meantime, here’s the list of the Top 10 Guys and Top 10 ‘Gulls’ (Cat Deeley speak) for season 10 — separated by dance ...