The minimum age you can legally get married will be raised to 18 in England and Wales when new proposed laws come into force. The change from 16 to 18 is being made in an effort to crack down on child brides being forced into marriage.
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An overhaul of the divorce law which came into this force this week has been hailed by a domestic abuse survivor as 'game-changing' for people needing to escape violent marriages.
A new act, known as "No-Fault Divorce" means that as of April 6, 2022, couples who are married or in a civil partnership can get a divorce without having to assign blame. Until this week in England and Wales, unless someone could prove there was adultery or unreasonable behaviour, the only way to obtain a divorce without the spouse's agreement was to live apart for five years.
Campaigners had argued the "outdated" system was in need of an overhaul for some time, with research showing 65 per cent of people who took the blame for divorce in order to legally end their marriage claimed it wasn't their fault. They say the new law will help couples more forward without unnecessary conflict.
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Most importantly - the change in law will mean domestic abusers won't be able to keep their spouse locked into an unhappy or violent marriage. In the past, violent partners have been able to use their ability to challenge the process to further harm their victims or trap them into a a relationship.
Elaine Parker, 42, who was engaged to a man she met on Plenty of Fish before he became abusive, has welcomed the change to the "antiquated" divorce laws, saying it will allow men and women in violent marriages to leave without having to make allegations about their spouse.
Speaking to the M.E.N, she said: "It makes my blood run cold to think about what it would have been like for me if I was married to my abusive partner. To have to prove unreasonable behaviour would be very frightening and I
The minimum age you can legally get married will be raised to 18 in England and Wales when new proposed laws come into force. The change from 16 to 18 is being made in an effort to crack down on child brides being forced into marriage.
Kelly Lee Owens has shared a further preview of her imminent new album ‘LP.8’ – hear ‘One’ below.The producer and musician will release the follow-up to August 2020’s ‘Inner Song’ digitally this Friday (April 29) before a physical release follows on June 10 via Smalltown Supersound.Last month, the album was announced alongside the release of two new tracks, ‘Sonic 8’ and ‘Olga’.New four-minute song ‘One’ is an eerie cut in which Owens repeats the line: “You are the one.” Watch the visualiser for the new track below.‘LP.8’, as a press release explains, was “born out of a series of studio sessions” in Oslo and “created with no preconceptions or expectations: an unbridled exploration into the creative subconscious”.The record was made along with the avant-noise artist Lasse Marhaug, who has previously worked with the likes of Merzbow, Sunn O))) and Jenny Hval, and inspired by such artists as Throbbing Gristle and Enya.“For me, ‘8’ meant completion – an album that will ripple infinitely with me personally,” Owens has said of ‘LP.8’.Kelly Lee Owens is set to tour in the UK, Europe and Australia this summer – you can see her upcoming live dates below, and find UK tickets here.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefYouTube, the Google-owned video streaming platform, has removed the account of John Lee Ka-chiu, the policeman-turned-politician who is poised to take over as Hong Kong’s next leader.All content on Lee’s YouTube page has been removed. In its place is a message that reads: “This account has been terminated for violating Google’s Terms of Service.”Lee’s campaign office said on Wednesday that it had been informed by Google that the removal of the account was in accordance with the company’s compliance with U.S. sanctions.“We find this very regrettable and completely unreasonable, but we think they can’t stop us from spreading our candidate’s message – our campaign’s message – to the public,” said Tam Yiu-chung, head of Lee’s campaign office.
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Miley Cyrus' mother Tish has reportedly filed for divorce from her husband, Billy Ray Cyrus.The couple tied the knot back in 1993 and share three children together, including pop star Miley, 29, brother Braison, 27, and sister Noah, 22, while Billy also adopted Tish's two children from her previous relationship. However, according to TMZ, the pair have decided to go their separate ways after nearly thirty years of marriage.
In the LGBTQ+-themed Nimona, Knight Ballister Boldheart (Ahmed) is framed for a crime he didn’t commit and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Moretz), a shape-shifting teen who might also be a monster he’s sworn to kill. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has tackled before, this is an inclusive story about the labels we assign to people and the shapeshifter who refuses to be defined by anyone. Yang is playing a character named Ambrosius Goldenloin.
Chloë Grace Moretz (Mother/Android), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Eugene Lee Yang (Spring Bloom) will lead the animated film Nimona, based on ND Stevenson’s New York Times bestselling graphic novel, which is heading to Netflix in 2023.
A young man with a distinctive tattoo has been missing from Aberdeen overnight.
Joseph «Joe Exotic» Maldonado-Passage is moving on in the love department even from behind bars! The 59-year-old star filed for divorce from his estranged husband, Dillon Passage, last month, and now ET has learned that he has another man in his life.Autumn Blackledge, Maldonado-Passage's attorney, tells ET, «Joe's new love interest is a man named John Graham, and the prison romance is the reason Exotic recently filed divorce docs from jail.»The reality star tells ET of the romance, «God works in amazing ways.»John Graham, Joe Exotic's new boyfriend in prison.In court docs previously obtained by ET, Maldonado-Passage said that his and Passage's marriage is «irretrievably broken.» Maldonado-Passage is requesting alimony in the divorce, as well as for Passage to be dropped from his name, the docs show.Passage responded to the filing in a statement to People, with his manager, Jeff Duncan, telling the outlet, «Dillon is pleased to get some finality to the divorce. Previously, his attorneys drafted the necessary paperwork on two separate occasions which were not signed by and then ignored by Joe.