‘I came face-to-face with protesters at the Kansas clinic where I had to terminate my pregnancy’

First person: Whatever I did my child would die, and, as a grisly bonus, either action could result in long-term damage to my future ability to conceive and carry a child

A 13-week summer break? Please God, no

Tim Dowling: In America even state school kids get nearly three months off. What do they do all summer?

K Pattabhi Jois

Obituary: Founder of Ashtanga, one of the most popular forms of yoga

‘Swine flu’ mother has baby 3 months early

Mother critically ill as number of people in UK with swine flu exceeds 500, Health Protection Agency claims

Multiple sclerosis patient takes assisted suicide case to House of Lords

Campaigner Debbie Purdy wants law on prosecution of helpers clarified

11 Rangers fans among latest swine flu victims in Scotland

Supporters among 18 people told to stay at home and given Tamiflu as swine flu alert hits 180 pupils at grammar school

Film on black surgeon in first heart transplant team rekindles controversy

Documentary reopens debate over Hamilton Naki's claim that he took part in world's first heart transplant

Creation of cells from hair raises hope of treatments for inherited diseases

Scientists make healthy stem cells from flakes of skin and strands of hair taken from sufferers of rare blood disorder

Swine flu spreading faster in UK than anywhere else in European Union

Britain is the only member state where more people have caught the disease at home than abroad, raising concerns about infection control