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Readers share their thoughts on whether heterosexual couples should be given the option currently available only to same-sex couples
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There are lots of straight couples who don’t want to get married but worry about the financial and legal risks of cohabiting. Extending civil partnerships could be one answer – and the pressure is growing
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Edie has been a much-loved family cat for years, but when she died it led to some interesting conversations between Eva, her mum and her young daughter…
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They were engaged and on the trip of a lifetime when tragedy struck. What would she tell his parents?
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I find it hard to believe any man would not want sex with her, but won’t confront her unless she goes further. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Woman who became first-time mother at 58 conceived again after receiving IVF treatment in the US
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Unhappily married? You’re not alone
Virginia IronsideAs an agony aunt I’ve heard all sorts about couples. But this doesn’t make it any easier to judge whether Tini Owens’s loneliness should be grounds for divorce -
The beautifully made 1985 series was talismanic for so many of us who saw it as children. Its Netflix incarnation will have a difficult task unseating our memories
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Loose canon: Synod’s rejection of the same-sex marriage report shows the problem of having glorified administrators focused on unity at the head of the church
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The firm’s parachuting parcels wheeze is about as credible as the 1970s TV detector van that only existed in adverts. But hey, we’re all talking about it
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Owner of wine bar in Padua hopes 5% price cut will encourage parents to rein-in children who disturb other diners
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Tini Owens is appealing against judge’s ‘extraordinarily unusual’ refusal to grant her a divorce last year
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Founded by two Australians in the US, a new social enterprise matches every item of stationery bought with a donation to an underprivileged child
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Editorial: The law should recognise more than marriage as a way of giving rights to straight couples
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Beyoncé is pregnant with twins; Madonna has adopted twins; now the Clooneys are expecting twins. But I did it first, and this is what I learned
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With people increasingly expected to live into their hundreds, more and more entrepreneurs are starting businesses in their 60s and 70s
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Servicemen and women to be offered time off to spend with family as part of pilot scheme to modernise armed forces
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A woman is struggling to get her daughter to be more positive about her partner. Mariella Frostrup advises her not to foist a new family on the teenager
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