Weston-super-Mare is the divorce capital of Britain and we know why!

The seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare has earned a new accolade as the UK’s divorce capital. According to figures published by the Ministry of Justice, only Birmingham with population more than 10 times that of Weston, registered more divorce applications last year. The official list of divorce numbers by population centre was released as part of ...

Can a pill cure the heartache of divorce? 1

I received news today that a herbal medicine is in the offing from the USA which has been designed scientifically to help people going through divorce and separation. The pills cost $19.99 and the marketing blurb says the pills will help with depression, anxiety and loneliness. The pills do not yet seem to be available ...

The drop in the divorce rate is the fault of the Chav 4

Image via Wikipedia According to conservative commentators the dreadful interweb is causing the breakdown of more marriages than back in the good old days when you had to go to the phone box to call your mistress and letters were the preferred method of communication for errant partners. Myself, I do not believe the internet ...

Ex-wife celebrates end of marriage with bawdy ‘divorce party’ – and guess what? The bride wore white (so did her friends)

Image by techierain via Flickr So the next big celebration is “the divorce party”according to the Daily Mail. In their article, the ex wife, and her buddies had to wear wedding dresses before their weekend of drinks and pulling in Brighton. Now I don’t know anyone who has had a divorce party although I must ...

Recession causing fed up couples to divorce on the cheap

Evidence is emerging that the recession is indeed causing couples to split up and this is none more evident in the figures produced today by one of the UK’s leading proponents of cheap divorce – Divorce-Online.co.uk. Managing Director Mark Keenan said. “We have seen a marked increase in people using the service since the end ...

UK Tax credits have caused 160% increase in divorce

Image by ~fb~ via Flickr Alisdair Palmer writes in the Telgraph today that labour’s family credit policy has led to a 160% increase in single parents since it was introduced in 1999. he idea behind this initiative, introduced in 1999, was a good one: to get single parents off benefits and into work. It was ...

Croydon eaterie starts to host divorce parties

Image via Wikipedia I read with interest and a little amusement that Mexican restaraunt El Sombrero in Croydon has begun to host divorce parties! The restaurant owner Sam Halilovic came up with the idea after going on holiday to America and witnessing people throwing their own divorce parties. Most of the people attending the parties ...

SOS show and Divorce-Online in the Sun

Divorce-Online have appeared in the sun in a rather article about the SOS show. They did get one thing wrong in saying that we were going for the hard sell and offering tea and buiscits before selling them a quickie divorce. We did not have any biscuits to give them and people came to see ...