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Nye at the National Theatre: 'Michael Sheen shines'

3/5 Michael Sheen plays the founder of the NHS in this fine, if patchy, crowd-pleaser

Evening Standard

Reform UK supports ‘one in, one out’ among its ranks, Commons leader claims

Since last year’s election, Reform has lost two MPs from among its ranks but gained Runcorn and Helsby in a by-election.

Evening Standard

Michael Sheen says NHS has been ‘integral’ to his life as he plays its founder

The actor also revealed he had to ‘put on a bit of weight’ to embody the role of Welsh Labour Party politician Aneurin Bevan.

Evening Standard

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Chris Gathercole obituary

Other lives: Clinical psychologist who advocated for people with learning disabilities

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin

The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

New towns must be built on old values

Letters: Readers respond to our editorial about the potential pitfalls in Labour’s plans for new homes and new towns

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s an outrage’: stars join fight against cuts as Welsh arts go into meltdown

Michael Sheen among big names in call for action as leading figure warns there will be little left of the sector in 10 years

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Michael Sheen as Nye Bevan is a call to arms at the NHS’s moment of maximum peril

The Welsh actor’s performance at the National Theatre is timely. Let’s just hope it’s not too late to save the patient, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

The Guardian - UK

The Human Body review – Keeley Hawes and the NHS in a silver-screen romance

Hawes and Jack Davenport radiate as postwar lovers in Lucy Kirkwood’s post-war romantic drama set against the birth of the NHS

The Guardian - UK

The playwrights fighting for the NHS: ‘We only engage in a moment of crisis’

From Michael Sheen’s portrayal of the organisation’s founder to a frank tale of the modern challenges faced by its staff, theatres are exploring the history, and fragile future, of our health service

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Born in Greater Manchester

How the NHS began here PLUS What problems does it face 75 years on AND Why its survival is so important

Manchester Evening News

A Great Western Railway train has been named in memory of Aneurin Bevan on the 75th anniversary of the NHS

The first baby to be born on the NHS, Aneira Thomas, unveiled the train in Newport on Tuesday amid celebrations of the NHS's 75th anniversary

Wales Online

NHS turns 75: The history of the health service that changed the face of Britain

It has cared for thousands of us ‘from the cradle to the grave’ and pioneered world-changing medical advances. Daniel Keane looks at how the NHS began

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The Independent UK

Timeline: The NHS’s milestones in healthcare as service turns 75

The service was launched by Aneurin Bevan on July 5 1948.

The Independent UK

Prince and Princess of Wales drop in for NHS tea party

The royal couple met with guests including Aneira ‘Nye’ Thomas, the first baby born on the NHS, named after NHSs founder Aneurin Bevan.

Manchester Evening News

How the NHS was born in Greater Manchester - and the lives touched by that day

A milestone in history

Wales Online

What happened when you were sick before the NHS was created 75 years ago

The NHS was the first system of its kind in the world

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The Independent UK

What happened before the health service? Your NHS questions answered

The new national service meant everybody could get treatment, whether they were a baker or a banker.

Daily Mirror

First baby born on NHS slams Tories for 'dragging down' institution on 75th birthday

Aneira Thomas was born at one minute past midnight on July 5, 1948 – the day Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS – and has slammed the Tories for their treatment of the institution

Evening Standard

NHS at 75: Why and when was the health service created?

The NHS was the first universal health system to be free to everyone

Wales Online

Carol Vorderman pays tribute to ‘truly fine’ Welsh politician as she encourages people to register to vote

Aneurin Bevan famously spearheaded the creation of the National Health Service (NHS)

The Guardian - UK

Play about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays

‘Epic and deeply personal’ Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris

Wales Online

The hidden lane in Cardiff covered in amazing art that tells fantastic stories

Colourful murals decorate the walls of an alleyway behind Shirley Road in Roath

The Conversation

Aneurin Bevan's writings still have lessons for contemporary politics – and far beyond the NHS

The NHS will turn 75 this year, a considerable legacy for the person responsible for establishing the service, Aneurin Bevan. But Bevan’s political career encompassed far more than this one achievement.

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