Anti-obesity scheme to offer voucher rewards for healthy living
Government to launch pilot in England in January, aimed at motivating people to lose weight
The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapse
Tories ‘squandering Olympic legacy’ as school PE declines
Sport England reveals that in some regions a third of children are active for less than 30 minutes a day
Spike by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ahuja; and Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green – review
Two urgent and fascinating accounts from the frontlines show how scientists succeeded, and failed, at saving us from Covid-19
The Rishi Sunak workout: why his day begins with Britney, Peloton and blueberries
Boris Johnson is a runner (of a sort), while Dominic Raab practises karate. Now comes a surprisingly detailed account of how mornings start in No 11 Downing Street
The evidence is in: low-traffic neighbourhoods are popular
The London election proves that measures to make streets safer are a vote-winner, says a former Labour leader of Ealing council
Why am I so furious about teeth? They are deeply socially divisive
The gap between those who can or can’t afford a dentist is widening. There is a three-year wait for NHS appointments – while the market for whitening and tweakments booms, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
Thousands of work-related Covid deaths going unreported, says TUC
Unions believe data showing just 2.5% of working-age Covid deaths are work-related is ‘not credible’
Parent trap: why the cult of the perfect mother has to end
Worldwide, mothers are overworked, underpaid, often lonely and made to feel guilty about everything from epidurals to bottle feeding. Fixing this is the unfinished work of feminism
‘Stop the Breast Pest’: MP’s ‘horror’ at being photographed while breastfeeding
Stella Creasy launches campaign to change law after a boy took pictures of her feeding her baby on a train