Grace Davidson has become the first woman in the UK to give birth after undergoing a womb transplant. The 36-year-old was born without a uterus, but received her sister's in 2023: the UK's first successful womb transplant from a living donor.

The birth was publicised yesterday but the baby girl was actually born in February – and named Amy Isabel, after Davidson's aunt and the surgeon who co-led the operation.

Where else have womb transplants been performed?
The procedure was first performed in 2000, in Saudi Arabia. But the organ, implanted into a 26-year-old, survived for only 99 days: the operation was deemed "inappropriate and unwise, with a predictable outcome", said the charity Womb Transplant UK – a "failure". However, "much was learned".

In 2012, the first successful womb transplants from living donors were carried out in Sweden. Two years later, the first first baby, Vincent, was born. Overall, about 100 transplants have been carried out in more than 12 countries and around 50 healthy babies have been born as a result.

What is Grace Davidson's story?
The dietician from Scotland was born with the rare condition Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. Her womb was missing but she still had healthy ovaries. One of her sisters, Amy Purdie, who already had two children and didn't want any more, proved a suitable donor. Davidson has called it a "huge act of sisterly love" and described her baby as a "little miracle".

Are there ethical implications?
This is a "highly invasive procedure", said medical law and ethics expert Mary Neal on The Conversation. Both the donation and the transplant are "serious operations" and involve "significant recovery time".

The donors, who undergo a hysterectomy, can suffer from depression as a result, while the recipient must take immunosuppressant drugs every day to stop her body rejecting the organ. Once the recipient has finished "using" the womb, she has surgery again to remove it, so she can stop taking the drugs, which can increase the risks of developing some cancers. Both patients must undergo "extensive counselling" but that "cannot remove risk".

If womb transplants become more common, women might also feel "under subtle pressure" to donate to family members, or even "put this pressure on themselves".

"Tory eyes" are being drawn "not for the first time" to shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, "one-time leadership rival" to Kemi Badenoch.

As Badenoch ran through "her greatest hits" in a "set-piece speech attacking Labour's 'job tax'" this week, the Tory grassroots on social media were clearly "more taken by Jenrick, as he tore into his opposite number, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, over the 'two-tier' Sentencing Council fiasco", said Richard Vaughan in The i Paper.

It was the latest of several "sharp performances" from Jenrick since losing the Tory leadership contest. And his "apparent omnipresence" has led to whispers that he is, in Westminster parlance, "on manoeuvres".

'Unusually robust'
Since losing to Badenoch, Jenrick has been "the most effective campaigner on the Tory benches", said Tom Jones in The Critic, "and not by a matter of inches, but miles". Being in opposition can be a "thankless task" but Jenrick can "actually point to successes" – not just on the two-tier justice issue but also in the "storm over grooming gangs", where he was "at the front", calling for gang leaders to receive whole-life sentences.

The shadow cabinet could learn from his "unusually robust" and unapologetic delivery style that allows "little hand-wringing and certainly no backing down".

While Team Kemi appears to be trying to "make a virtue out of silence", Jenrick has become "everything Kemi was elected to be", said Tim Stanley in The Telegraph. There's a lesson for us all there: "if you ever apply for a job and don't get it, just show up to work the next day and pretend that you did".

'Make his successes her successes'
The question for Badenoch now is what to do about it. "If she sacks him, she could precipitate her own downfall – or, more disastrously for the Tories, his defection to Reform UK," said Peter Franklin in UnHerd. Instead, she could "confine him to his own brief" but, although all Tory MPs have already been told not to sound off on social media, "Jenrick won't be easily silenced".

Her best course of action, then, is to promote him to deputy leader. Give Jenrick "the job and the mission of overhauling both policy and communications" and "make his successes her successes".

Few things are as peaceful as falling asleep listening to the wind rustling through the trees or the pattering of raindrops on canvas. A camping trip is a great way to reconnect with nature – without breaking the bank. Here are some of the most gorgeous campsites in Europe.

Šenkova Domačija Farm, Slovenia
This "scenic" campsite is nestled within the Kamnik-Savinja Alps near the border of Austria, said The Guardian. Dating back to 1517, the medieval farmstead is enveloped by "pastures and peaks", and has just 25 pitches in a tranquil meadow shaded by ash trees. Campers can toast marshmallows around the communal campfires and grab a bite to eat at the on-site restaurant or shop. 

Dyrdal Gard, Nærøyfjord, Norway
"You won't find a more spectacular place to camp than this," said National Geographic. Listed as a Unesco world heritage site, Nærøyfjord (pictured above) is Norway's narrowest fjord, flanked by "towering cliffs" and cascading waterfalls. Wild camping on the shores is permitted but the "sheer-sided topography" means it can be tricky finding a pitch, so it's worth booking a "proper campsite" like Dyrdal Gard for when you arrive, before venturing further afield.

Quinta Viana, Portugal
Located in a river valley "shaded by eucalyptus forest", this family-owned campsite, not far from Porto, is perfect for those seeking a peaceful break, said The Independent. With only nine bookings at any one time, you won't have to worry about crowds. Unwind in the "flower-filled gardens", go for a dip in the saltwater pool or take a trip to the coast to swim in the sea and "hike through the sand dunes". Bliss.

Was Black Monday the day a new global recession started?
Andrew Grice in The Independent
After Donald Trump's "Black Monday" might come "Trump's global recession", writes Andrew Grice. The "world knows" that Trump has "shot himself in both feet". Keir Starmer is "making the right noises" with his economic reset but his task will be "all the harder if Trump delays a UK trade agreement". The prime minister "has to offer more than excuses"; he "must show he is making a difference".

Britain must become a warrior nation again
Melanie Phillips in The Times
Britain has been "living in a dream world", writes Melanie Phillips. The military has "long cautioned" that the "cat and mouse of the Cold War" is starting up again. Now, we must "face up" to our "lack of military preparedness", a "sad decline" for a once "warrior nation". Years of peace have produced a "self-indulgent society" that has "abandoned the defence of freedom". We are "living in La-La land"; that's "indefensible".

The punishment of Lucy Connolly
Laurie Wastell in The Spectator
Lucy Connolly's "shocking case is becoming a cause célèbre", writes Laurie Wastell. The Northampton childminder received a 31-month prison sentence "for stirring up racial hatred" in a post on X after the Southport murders. She "comes across as a loving mother" who "has never fully recovered" from the death of her first-born. Legal experts consider her sentence "inordinately harsh". This "injustice" was not "an accident: it stemmed from deliberate political choices".