PEOPLE in the South East are being urged to unite with some of the brightest stars from TV, film and radio and Stand Up To Cancer this autumn.

Celebrities including Davina McCall, Alan Carr, Bill Bailey, Edith Bowman and Kirstie Allsopp are backing Stand Up to Cancer, a joint fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.

Stand Up To Cancer aims to speed up the translation of brilliant scientific discoveries to help get new, better, kinder tests and treatments to cancer patients, faster.

Radio presenter Edith Bowman is supporting the campaign because of the impact cancer has had on her family. She said: “My first experience with cancer was when I was eight and my cousin Suzie, who was nine, died. After that my grandad died of cancer, then my uncle, then my aunt and then my grandma. My mum had breast cancer – but thankfully she got the all clear.

“Because of these experiences I’ll grab any opportunity to draw attention to the fight against cancer.”