tessa jowell, 17,000...heering she served as a health minister when labour won the 1997 landslide election, before joining the cabinet in 2001 as culture secretary. she famously persuaded tony blair to bid for the 2012 olympics. and i hope that all of us willjust reflect about ambition, about never being complacent, about the extent to which we all achieve more together than we do alone. she also helped establish the sure start programme, which gives support to families in deprived areas. it was while she was on her way to a sure start event last may that tessa suddenly had two seizures. that's what so bizarre about the fact that this has happened to her, you know. she's. .. ..the healthiest, kind of most health—conscious person i know. it's a cruel thing that's happened. but these things happen, don't they? and they happen indiscriminately. a diagnosis of brain cancer is particularly deadly. i think there is a feeling among patients that when you're given a diagnosis, even as devastating as a brain tumour,

tessa jowell: nothing else had ever happened to me before, ever.t thing i knew, i couldn't talk. i didn't know what was happening. last may, tessa jowell, the former culture secretary who brought the olympics to the uk, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. while other more common cancers have seen treatment breakthroughs, her cancer has been underfunded and has had no major new treatments for 50 years. injanuary, she returned to parliament to talk

one of the things tessa jowell said before she died last month, in her case of brain cancer, she wantedinnovative and much quicker to adapt to new, innovative treatment is being pioneered around the world. this argument was also made by maurice saatchi after his wife died of cancer. these stories are positive that they always seem to come from america. clearly it is something we need to think about in the uk. that's a really good point to make. the daily telegraph. this is quite small, this cartoon. very small lettering. hello, darling, i'm coming home by train. you should remarry and try to forget me. laughter a number of mps from northern constituencies have been meeting chris grayling this evening to voice their frustration and anger. conservatives, liberal democrats, and labour, cross—party, not a lot of friends chris grayling has at the moment. the best thing this morning was when the meetings about cancelled trains got cancelled. that was my favourite moment of the day. due to over scheduling. we will leave it there. lura hughes, henry zeffman, thank you forjoining me. thank you f

in the bottom corner, we have tessa jowell and i stitched that on the day she died, i wanted to recogniseen. there's also a place on the bannerfor the personal. different people have put inspiring people, i have put my grandma. i did not know her name, called her nanna, i had to go and research my own grandma's name, it was embarrassing but i asked my mum. it's quite interesting — my mum, my grandma and my sister all have the same name. this experience has given me my grandma's name which is quite awesome, actually! and i love that i am showing a nurse how to thread a needle! heather wood has been nursing at this hospital for four decades. 40 years ago, women were in very traditional roles in the health services, but now a woman can be in any role, from chief executive to nursing, doctors, physios, any role. the suffragettes campaigned for better women's health care. 100 years on, those who helped to deliver it are stitching their names into history. fiona london, bbc news. our correspondent jane frances kelly was at parliament square in central london, where one of the marches is taking

the bottom corner, we have tessa jowell, and i stitched that on the day she died, because i wanted tonotjust about the historical known women. there is also a place on the bannerfor the personal. different people have put the inspiring women, i put my grandma. but i call her nanna, i didn't know what her name was. so i had to actually go and research what my own grandma's name was. it was embarrassing, but i asked my mum. it is quite interesting because my mum and my grandma and my sister all have the same name. this experience has given me my grandmother's name, which is quite awesome, actually! and i love that i am showing a nurse how to thread a needle! heather wood has been nursing at this hospital for decades. 40 years ago, women were in very traditional roles within the health service, whereas now, a woman could be in any role, any role at all from chief executive, nursing, doctors, physios, any role. the suffragettes campaigned from better healthcare for women. 100 years on, those who now help deliver it are stitching their names into history. fiona lamdin, bbc news. we will ta