Stars of new movie Calendar Girls have played down rumours of a rift between the original Women's Institute members who stripped off for the charity calendar that inspired the film.

Stars of hotly-tipped movie Calendar Girls dressed up for a date – after famously stripping for their movie role.

A call for moves to reduce exposure to both very persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals has been signed by more than 60 top independent UK and European scientists, according to WWF, the global environment network.