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Facebook blamed for a third of divorces in the UK

Facebook is increasingly being blamed as a reason for, or as evidence when, filing for divorce. In 2011, 33 percent of behavior petitions contained the name of the social network; this is a whopping increase from 2009, when only 20 percen [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

UK may make pre-nups binding

Pre-nuptial agreements signed by couples on how to divide their assets in case of divorce could become binding for the first time under English law if a reform being discussed by the government’s legal advisers goes ahead. Lon [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Revenge of Shirley Valentine: Humiliated grandmother refuses...

It is a familiar story: British grandmother on holiday falls for young Gambian man and marries him only for the relationship to collapse. The difference in this case, however, is that the African husband is the one left dreaming about wh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Madonna to stay in UK despite divorce

London (IANS): Pop diva Madonna has promised not to leave Britain for good despite the collapse of her marriage with British director Guy Ritchie. The singer, 50, had been expected to move to New York with their children full-time once th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

UK divorce rate up a staggering 150 percent this

Figures revealed yesterday show that the UK divorce rate has rocketed 150 percent this summer, the experts are blaming the credit crunch and depression from long-awaited holidays. Normally the largest number of break-ups are seen in Januar [...]