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UK schools have been warned to be on the alert for signs of forced marriages taking place among their pupils. The summer holidays is a time when some familes force their children to get married abroad. Jasvinder Sanghera of Karma Nirvana, a national campaign group against forced marriages, advised teachers: "This is not something you must be culturally sensitive about. This is a child abuse issue. Do not turn a blind eye."

An Appeal Court ruling may have paved the way for pre-nuptial agreements to be recognised in England and Wales. Pre-nups, a commonplace in mainland Europe, were previously deemed illegal under the English/Welsh legal system (Scotland has its own legal system). Appeal judge Lord Justice Thorpe said the previous law "does not sufficiently recognise the rights of autonomous adults to govern their future financial relationship by agreement in an age when marriage is not generally regarded as a sacrament and divorce is a statistical commonplace."

Women who have problems in the first trimester of pregnancy should be closely monitored for the rest of that pregnancy and any future pregnancies, according to new research. Problems in the first three months increase the risk of premature birth and other difficulties, said evidence presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual meetin.

Farrah Fawcett, former star of Charlie's Angels, is to have a private funeral in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The service will be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 4pm.

1970s beauty Farrah Fawcett, known in her heyday as Farrah Fawcett-Majors, during her marriage to actor Lee Majors, has died at the age of 62. She had been battled anal cancer for three years and had recently aired a no-holds-barred documentary about her illness. She leaves a partner, actor Ryan O'Neill, and a son, Redmond.