How many mail order brides do we have in the UK?

Posted by on Jan 13, 2007 in updates | 14 comments I wonder how many mail order brides we have in the UK? How many of these marriages have been   successful? It would make an interesting thesis – and I suspect a warning too for elderly men prepared to pay a fortune for companionship and get duped. Does it work the other way too, are there any mail order bridegrooms for lonely elderly women? Ken Miller, 69, is...
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Would you like to change your name?

Posted by on Jan 13, 2007 in updates | 15 comments This is something we don’t have a say in, but can change if we wish. And now more people are doing so, they are changing their name by deed poll. According to the latest figures,  between 30,000 and 50,000 people a year are officially changing their names, and it costs less than £40 to do so. In 1996, the figure was only 270. My friend’s sister changed her name by...
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