Rat activity shows significant increase after hot summer and recent rain
Rentokil Pest Control said it had recorded a 10% year-on-year rise in confirmed rodent activity, with larger regional spikes.
Evening Standard 
Women in Scotland waiting a decade for endometriosis diagnosis, charity warns
Endometriosis UK is calling on governments across the UK to reduce the diagnosis time to one year or less by 2030.
Love Island’s Shakira Khan: ‘Domestic abuse was the norm in my community’
She wants things to change.
Metro 
Labour parliamentarians urge UK Government to oppose Rosebank oil field
MPs and MSPs from the party are among more than 60 parliamentarians who have signed a pledge against developing the oil field from campaigners Uplift.
The Independent 
Almost half of officers’ DNA still missing from Met Police database
Labour former minister Dawn Butler said it is ‘deeply disappointing’ that progress has been slow
'Boil-in-the-bag' funerals to be introduced in one part of UK
Hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, has been dubbed "boil-in-the-bag" funerals by some and has been effectively banned in the UK until now
WalesOnline 
Do you want to ban kids from social media? The government is asking
The government wants to know if you want to ban young people from social media.
Sky News 
Fresh concerns at scandal-hit hospital as mould and water ingress closes parts of cancer ward
There are fresh concerns at one of Britain's biggest hospitals after a Sky News investigation discovered mould and dirty water ingress have forced the partial closure of a cancer ward - despite Scotland's first minister insisting the scandal-hit building is safe.
Soaring numbers of jobless young women costing economy billions – report
PwC estimates that cutting young female Neet rates in the UK to 3.6% could add up to £11 billion to economic output.
Charity to install paediatric operating theatres in West Bank amid rising demand
Kids Operating Room has committed to establishing facilities inside existing hospitals in Bethlehem, Hebron and Jericho.
Tony’s Chocolonely says it will not shrink chocolate bar to weather cocoa crisis
The Dutch chocolatier has been vocal about the West African cocoa crisis which has led to soaring costs for chocolate makers.
Young homeowners who used bank of mum and dad ‘pressured to live near parents’
Some under-35s who were helped by the ‘bank of mum and dad’ said their parents had a say in which home they chose or influenced home improvements.
Starmer denies U-turn claims on UK bases go-ahead for Iran strikes
Critics will accuse him of yet another U-turn, but Sir Keir Starmer insists circumstances have changed and British lives are now at risk from attacks by Iran.
Pushover fathers tell kids 'wait until Mum gets home'
But modern dads may actually have become the biggest parental pushovers, and mothers now fulfil the role of authority figures who lay down the law.
Daily Mail UK 
Rebecca Adlington gives birth! Former Olympian welcomes daughter Thea Joy with husband Andy Parsons after suffering two devastating miscarriages in three years
Adlington, 37, already shares son Albie, two, with her husband, as well as daughter Summer, eight, from her previous marriage with ex-husband Harry Needs.
Daily Mail U.K 
Ask Allison: My daughter is making friends in secondary but I keep projecting my awful school experience on to her. Help!
Question: My daughter is a teenager and has just started secondary school. She seems to have settled in well and has made a few friends.
Independent.ie