FGM: it’s cutting season and NHS staff must be alert to the dangers

There is a real need for extra vigilance in healthcare at this time of year. I urge all health professionals with suspicions about the safety of young girls to speak up

FGM awareness web app launched to inform girls at risk

Petals, developed with the help of Coventry schoolchildren, aims to give teenagers facts about female genital mutilation without detection

Concern over levels of drinking during pregnancy raised by studies

More than 17,000 women in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand were questioned, with confusion over guidelines blamed for the figures

Is cosmetic surgery the new acceptable face of womanhood?

It was once considered extreme, but cosmetic surgery has become normalised. In fact, writes Karen Kay, refusing to ‘have work done’ has made her unusual in many social circles. But is a more perfect self always a happier one?

Rachel de Thame: ‘I was banned from breastfeeding at Chelsea flower show’

Gardener’s World presenter tells Radio Times about juggling motherhood and her career – and an incident at the horticultural event

International Yoga Day: being bad at yoga made me better at life

Her first class nearly ended in suffocation but somehow Harriet Minter became hooked on yoga. She explains why it’s time to stop rolling your eyes and roll out your mat instead

Egyptian activists fear female genital mutilation initiative will fall short

Aggressive government strategy to enforce law against FGM and alter public perceptions lacks reach and fails to emphasise women’s rights, claim sceptics

David Cameron orders crackdown on summer surge of FGM cases

PM attacks ‘cruel, barbaric practice’ of female genital mutilation as ministers are told to rush through new powers to seize passports

California considering banning biodegradable microbeads from personal care products

The state is considering a bill that would prohibit microbeads, even if they’re made from bioplastic, eliminating a longstanding loophole

Bradley Wiggins, patronising? No, he paid mothers a massive compliment

Wiggins took a risk by comparing his record-breaking cycle to childbirth. But having had three children, I think he was just expressing the awe many men feel