A campaign aimed at raising millions of pounds for cancer has been launched by Gwyneth Paltrow, with backing from a slew of high-profile public supporters. Taking the lead from the American Stand Up to Cancer project which, over the past four years, has pledged more than £160m for research, the Academy-award winning actress has now brought the fundraising campaign to the UK.

Tens of thousands marched against government cuts in London, Glasgow and Belfast yesterday

New study links increase with military action by Western forces

This week's international 'Day of the Girl' offers governments, the UN, and charities an opportunity to address a shocking - and growing - trend

The game invented in Britain is gaining new fans and going upmarket

Union up in arms over claim staff should stay late to earn increases

Two-year survey uncovers 'problematic substance abuse' among LGBT community

More than one million people are expected to be living with the disease in 10 years, but there are not enough care homes. Sarah Morrison reports

Four hundred years after the notorious Pendle trials, in some countries women accused of witchcraft are still being beaten, killed or hounded from their homes. And in Britain, claims of possession have been used to justify abuse

The actor and campaigner Hugh Grant is to join the lengthening list of celebrities in suing News Corporation for phone hacking, and has pledged to give any damages he is awarded to helping fellow victims. The 51-year-old is believed to feature in police evidence suggesting the unlawful interception of communications, and has instructed solicitors to submit a claim within days.