The heat is on as Britain’s boom in seaside saunas stirs up some local sweat Hot boxes are popping up on the coast, as well as beside lakes and rivers, but not everyone is happy about the trend
‘They thought I had cancer’: painkiller banned in UK linked to Britons’ deaths in Spain Patients’ group says reactions to metamizole can cause sepsis and organ failure – and British and Irish people are at higher risk
More than half of hospitals in England rated substandard by health regulator The Care Quality Commission also evaluated 68% of hospitals in London as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’
Births among women over 50 rise 15% in England, figures show Births to older mothers have increased in recent years alongside average ages for childbirth and IVF treatment
‘They rile me’: views on the pros and cons of UK supermarket self-checkouts As Booths returns to fully-staffed tills at many of its stores, shoppers with varying opinions have their say
Fertility patients in UK unable to keep stored embryos amid cost of living crisis Rising inflation has made it harder for patients to continue fertility treatment, experts say
Tampon that tests for STIs created by British startup Daye’s product doubles as PCR test for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and other common infections
Brexit, lack of cash, politics: has the UK cycling revolution run out of road? Bike sales boomed during the pandemic, but now cycle shops are going bust, sales of ebikes are sluggish and there’s a downturn in ‘active travel’
Walk the walk: the app mapping 140,000 miles of public right of way Community-based, Slow Ways has verified 60% of a network of pedestrian-friendly routes across Great Britain
Bereaved parents say review into student suicides in England is ‘slap in the face’ Parents say government’s planned review has too short a timeframe and will not be sufficiently rigorous