Houses of Parliament become Approved Wedding Venue

The Houses of Parliament now an approved civil wedding venue

Couples planning a civil ceremony will be aware that there are all manner of approved venues where they can be legally married and now they can add the Houses of Parliament to the list. Westminster City Council has licensed two rooms in the Palace of Westminster to be used for marriages and civil partnerships. Until [...]

Marriage Rate Falls Again

a typical scene from a modern wedding

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics have revealed another drop in the number of people getting married. A total of 239,990 couples married in England and Wales during 2008 which is a drop of 1% from the previous year. The figure is now at its lowest level since records began in 1862. Is [...]

Secret Proposal Code in use at Manchester Airport

diamond engagement ring

Passengers planning a surprise Valentine’s Day proposal don’t have to worry about their plans being scuppered by security checks at Manchester Airport this year as a secret code will be in use. Staff at the airport have devised a special system for searching travellers this weekend in order to avoid any embarrassing revelations. Anyone planning [...]

How far would you go to get your dream dress?

brides-to-be trying on their dream dresses at the 'running of the brides' event in the US

Finding the perfect dress can be a stressful time and sometimes it is easy to miss a bargain but for some young brides in the US this isn’t a problem – they just need to run fast and have sharper elbows than everyone else! Every year hundreds of brides-to-be in the US queue overnight for [...]

Church of England to Say a Prayer for Marrying Couples

bride praying during the wedding ceremony

The Church of England have announced that they are to offer a special service to couples visiting the major wedding exhibitions this year. Couples attending the National Wedding Show in London or Birmingham and UK Wedding Shows in Newcastle and London will be offered a special prayer postcard they can complete with their wedding details. [...]

Settling for Mr Good Enough

Frog Prince

US author Lori Gottlieb has caused something of a stir by claiming that women in their thirties should stop looking for Mr Right and settle for Mr Second Best instead. Gottlieb reckons that women who hold out on marriage while searching for the perfect partner are in danger of finishing up lonely and depressed. She [...]

Marry an Older Man for a Happy Ever After?

Beyonce-Jay-Z-Wedding

According to scientists at the University of Bath, marrying an older man means you are more likely to have a successful marriage and even more so if you are better educated than he is. The recent study which has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research is based on interviews conducted with over [...]

Snog Marry Avoid? – Wedding Special

Snog, Marry, Avoid?

If you are a fan of this popular BBC show and are also planning on getting married before the end of November then you might be interested in taking part in a forthcoming wedding special? Snog Marry Avoid? Are you getting married before the end of November 2009 and planning to have the most glamorous [...]

Post-Wedding Depression

Depressed Bride

Avoiding the wedding blues after you are married You’ve spent up to two years planning your big day, not to mention a small fortune – now the wedding day is over you are bound to feel a little deflated. The wedding blues, post-nuptial depression, call it what you will – post wedding depression is a [...]