Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan were among the first to enter into a mixed-sex union.

Couples make history in first mixed-sex civil partnerships

Julie Thorpe and Keith Lomax are having a civil partnership ceremony at a register office in Halifax.

First mixed-sex civil partnerships to take place

The Government is to change the law to allow opposite-sex couples to to enter into civil partnerships, the Prime Minister has announced.

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan want a civil partnership but are prevented by the current law.

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan are fighting for a union only eligible to same-sex couples.

Only same-sex couples are currently eligible for civil partnership by law.

Heterosexual couple Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan challenged the law and lost - but the ruling shows the matter is far from resolved.

A heterosexual couple have lost a High Court challenge against a bar to them entering a civil partnership.