The RSPB, which helped draw up the scheme, says it has been a success in other parts of the UK. New nature health scheme aims to boost well-being

Baroness Dido Harding tells Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak blocked higher support payments. Cash to isolate ‘would have cut Covid deaths’

Baroness Dido Harding tells Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak blocked higher support payments. Cash to isolate ‘would have cut Covid deaths’

Nitrous oxide overdoses have increased in the US, but the substance is still legal as a “culinary product”. How ‘laughing gas’ became a deadly – but legal – American addiction

Couples in Gaza using IVF to help them conceive “left with nothing” after 4,000 embryos at an IVF clinic were destroyed. Hopes of motherhood crushed after IVF embryos destroyed in Israel’s Gaza offensive

An Australian man meets his stem-cell donor for the first time after travelling to the UK. ‘My life was saved by a stranger on the other side of the world’

Drinking 35 units of alcohol a week for five years could put you at risk of alcohol-related brain damage. Thousands could unknowingly have alcohol brain damage

Tracey Meechan’s pain from an ovarian cyst is so severe she cannot bend over – but still has no date for surgery. ‘I feel forgotten after 100 weeks on urgent surgery list’

Police “not comfortable” operating in abortion criminalisation, says Met officer in case of Nicola Packer. Abortion arrest: Recording reveals police concern

Resident doctors unhappy with 5.4% pay rise with union warning strikes in England could return. Streeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballot

Should schools be teaching children to toughen up? AntiSocial

The plans would allow people in acute mental distress to get treatment in hospital while also reducing A&E wait times. Urgent mental health centres to open across England

Some disposable vape users say they are stockpiling, worried about what they will do after the ban. ‘I don’t know what we’ll do’ – Vapers panic-buy ahead of disposables ban

Marianne has pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, a condition which affects as many as 8% of women. Women scared to get pregnant due to overlooked disorder

Pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder is treated by the contraceptive pill – putting some women in a dilemma. ‘My health condition makes me scared to get pregnant’

Pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder is treated by the contraceptive pill – putting some women in a dilemma. ‘My health condition makes me scared to get pregnant’

The British Medical Association, which represents doctors, said the increase was “derisory”. Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay offer

Two men under the care of the same NHS trust as Valdo Calocane carried out stabbings weeks before the Nottingham attacks. Patients from Nottingham killer’s NHS trust carried out stabbings weeks before attack

In his diaries, Lord Vallance wrote that ex-PM thought rules were not ruthless enough. Johnson wanted tighter Covid rules, inquiry hears

In his diaries, Lord Vallance wrote that ex-PM thought rules were not ruthless enough. Johnson wanted tighter Covid rules, inquiry hears