Councils should not cut ‘vital’ physical activity – former Olympian
The Accounts Commission says the amount councils are spending on culture and leisure services is not keeping up with rising costs.
Health
Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatment
Campaigners say IVF treatment should be less stigmatised in the workplace and come with legal entitlements to time off
Vapers overtake smokers for first time in Britain
Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, figures show.
Dictionary.com risks Gen Z mockery by crowning ‘6-7’ as word of the year
“Don’t worry, because we’re all still trying to figure out exactly what it means," the site said in its unusual announcement that lacked a definition.
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
Maldives bans smoking for younger generations
Anyone born on or after 1 January 2007 will be banned from using, buying or selling tobacco products in the archipelago.
Private baby scan clinics ‘putting expectant mothers at risk’
Some high-street clinics are risking lives by letting untrained staff do baby scans, warn experts.
At 21, I was crushed by a stranger’s joke about going bald. Then the way I looked at myself changed
There are multiple ways for men to combat hair loss now, but should they have to?
Endometriosis patients call for national registry
Hayley Barlow-Ford says better data would have helped her make an "informed choice" about surgery.
