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- Vapers overtake smokers for first time in BritainSome 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, figures show.
- Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatmentCampaigners say IVF treatment should be less stigmatised in the workplace and come with legal entitlements to time off
- Maldives bans smoking for younger generationsAnyone born on or after 1 January 2007 will be banned from using, buying or selling tobacco products in the archipelago.
- Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million peopleThe persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
- Private baby scan clinics 'putting expectant mothers at risk'Some high-street clinics are risking lives by letting untrained staff do baby scans, warn experts.