Alan Maynard

Thank you all for the kind, touching and cheering tweets about my Dad. Family, friends and colleagues are invited to a service at Heslington Church at 12 pm on Friday 16th. A reception at the Ron Cooke Hub Atrium at the University will follow at 1.30pm where all are welcome.

Sadly my Dad, Alan Maynard died this afternoon. He’d shown great courage and patience through a long illness. He died in York District Hospital where he worked for many years. We are all grateful for the great care he received from the NHS he loved and worked so hard to support.

Glowing sharks with insane extendable jaws hauled from the deep ocean off Taiwan bit.ly/2qP3KeA

France’s seam of sexism does need to be eradicated, but it won’t be done with a hashtag that whips up hysteria, writes Gavin Mortimer specc.ie/2ANbb5D

Under the new tax law, you can be a craft beverage producer without having to brew any beer, distill any spirits, or even put anything into a bottle brook.gs/2Cpwz2x

So good that. female Cabinet members paid less than male counterparts! How many make do as millionaires ? twitter.com/michaellcrick/…

Plastic bag charge: 5p levy could be extended in England Come on! Coffee cup fines So slow! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-426308…

Churchill Hospital chemotherapy treatment 'unsustainable'. Sad reflection of the “success’ of govt policy bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

The different systems of health/NHS and local authority social care are inefficient but how is Wonder Boy Hunt going to make it better? Time for mega evidence free redisorganisation?

No wonder this letter was leaked. And look at the hopeless response proposed on page 2: (1) ask businesses to lobby the Commission and (2) co-ordinate Govt depts. What did Mr. Davis think Brexit would involve - oh yes, he thought we'd be able to get a trade deal with Germany!!! twitter.com/PickardJE/stat…

And how Hunt will integrate and manage the nhs and social will be fun to watch! twitter.com/peston/status/…

Huge boost for jobs as experts predict that by 2021 every UK resident will have featured in Theresa May's cabinet.

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Friends of Justine Greening tell me: “She should have absolutely expected to continue... she saw people who have been massively disloyal, others not competent, allowed to stay in Cabinet, and even given expanded briefs”

So 2 people she wanted to move stayed, 2 people she wanted to stay in Cabinet left, 2 people got appointed to the same job in ten minutes, & 2 people got extra words in their titles. Quite a reshuffle twitter.com/samcoatestimes…

Sunday: Theresa May 'I'm backing Toby Young. Monday: Jo Johnson 'I'm backing Toby Young. Tuesday: Toby Young 'I'm not backing Toby Young'. Clueless

Read my column, “Like, Really Smart,” and let me know what you think. nytimes.com/2018/01/07/opi…

Pfizer ends research for new Alzheimer's, Parkinson's drugs reut.rs/2CCsE2l

Mum of a baby born with a hole in her heart has hit out at the Government after a life-saving op was cancelled FIVE times thelondoneconomic.com/must-reads/mum…