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BendyGirl Matt, Boy With Cerebral Palsy, Cheered By Students As He Runs Field Day Event At School (VIDEO) huff.to/LGYHvP via @HuffPostParents about 11 hours ago via Tweet Button Retweeted by cityalan and 7 others
GPM911 "@BBCMOTD: You have to see this! Created by Graham Love, an 18 year old genius from Aberdeen. youtu.be/dv3FV2N77c4" Quality work! 10:32 AM Jun 1st via Twitter for Android Retweeted by cityalan
lnmulholland Watchdog receives 51 allegations of Met police racism in two months gu.com/p/382b4/tf 9:33 AM May 31st via twitterfeed Retweeted by cityalan
HSJEditor It was nurses wot won it. Chief Nursing Officer says Medics claimed MRSA could only be reduced by 15% not 85% achieved bit.ly/KuoIBL 5:29 AM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by cityalan and 14 others
UniversitiesUK @universitiesuk new data blog - as the summer approaches what can May's @UCAS application figures tell us? buff.ly/JPz4OE 10:09 AM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by cityalan and 3 others
We don't need no education “@alicewoolley1: University applications down by 50,000 in one year, according to Ucas figures #education” 10:14 AM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone
Stream of racing cyclists tear along Whitechapel Road.... Followed by chap on ordinary bike pedalling like Cavendish to keep up. So funny. 10:12 AM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone
SimonNRicketts Lamps out. #tomorrowsheadlinetoday 9:59 AM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by cityalan and 2 others
johnnypaige well played, guardian network eds #leveson yfrog.com/ki73mlwj 9:54 AM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by cityalan
BendyGirl guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/… shanene Thorpe on being judged by newsnight 7:05 AM May 31st via Tweet Button Retweeted by cityalan and 8 others
beaubodor 500 police officers will take part in the Andy Coulson relay to Glasgow, each taking him 1 mile while cheering crowds line the streets. 4:57 AM May 30th via web Retweeted by cityalan and 364 others
russwebt This is the @BMJ_open study which suggests healthy #alcohol limits of half unit per day ow.ly/bgkQO 12:36 AM May 31st via HootSuite Retweeted by cityalan and 2 others
GdnPolitics Number of A&E patients waiting more than four hours is highest since 2004 bit.ly/KKMgkn 11:36 PM May 30th via twitterfeed Retweeted by cityalan and 33 others
Ermintrude2 Are you feeling sleepy? Here’s why... via @Telegraph soc.li/ObijxpZ ignore your body clock at your peril. (work gets in the way!) 11:19 PM May 30th via Tweet Button Retweeted by cityalan and 2 others
@zoesqwilliams yes and the underpinning attitudes to the questions stank. To coin a phrase 'they just don't get it' 8:50 AM May 30th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to zoesqwilliams
marmite_ Seven in 10 homeless people are discharged from hospital to the street guardian.co.uk/housing-networ… #AllinThisTogether #UKuncut #DPAC #SaveourNHS 8:31 AM May 30th via web Retweeted by cityalan and 6 others
@sunny_hundal Not the most heartfelt apology I've ever seen! 8:42 AM May 30th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to sunny_hundal
sunny_hundal BBC Newsnight apology on misrepresenting single mother on benefits admits, "her current situation was not made clear" liberalconspiracy.org/2012/05/30/bne… 8:23 AM May 30th via web Retweeted by cityalan and 34 others
BASW_UK CQC polls users and families on quality of home care - 5/30/2012 - Community Care shar.es/qdErv via @sharethis 8:20 AM May 30th via Tweet Button Retweeted by cityalan and 4 others
Important mh paper: “@NCISH_UK: Community care reforms linked to lower suicide rates in mental health patients thelancet.com/journals/lance…” 8:36 AM May 30th via Twitter for iPhone

Name Alan Simpson
Location London
Web http://www.city.a...
Bio Professor of collaborative mental health nursing at City University, London; partner, dad.