7,000 steps a day could be enough to improve health, say researchers

Target easier to achieve than 10,000 steps and linked to 37% reduction in cancer deaths

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage

Mothers and partners will gain the legal right if they lose a baby before 24 weeks, in Labour workers’ rights reform

NHS manager ordered to stop selling ‘sleep drug-laced’ children’s gummies

Regulator tells Sally Westcott to pull product that allegedly has undeclared levels of prescription-only melatonin

There are more C-section births in the UK than ever, so why is the stigma against them still so strong?

The punishing but enduring ‘too posh to push’ fallacy is still prevalent and judgment abounds. This has to change, says the author Hannah Marsh

Aqua lungs: how Rod Stewart’s underwater swimming may help his singing

Singer trains underwater like Frank Sinatra once did and scientists say it may be useful in maintaining vocal prowess

Electrolyte sachets are everywhere – but will they cure a festival hangover?

Marketed to ‘party people’ and touted as a faster route to hydration than water, electrolytes are in the middle of a boom

‘Now I do weight training’: how exercise helped one patient stay free of cancer

Margaret Tubridy, 69, took part in landmark study that reveals the role of exercise in preventing return of disease

Walk on the wild side: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs on their epic hiking movie The Salt Path

Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir about her and her husband’s 630-mile trek around England’s south coast has become a film. Its stars, makers and Winn talk floods, fog and forgiveness

The Salt Path review – Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs hike from ruin to renewal

Marianne Elliott directs this affecting drama, based on Raynor Winn’s memoir, which builds steadily as the couple journey towards redemption