Anger At Wedding Ring Ban
A hospital trust has defended its ban on staff wearing some wedding rings despite anger from nurses.
Staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary have been told some rings pose an infection risk as bacteria could become embedded in the engravings.
Many nurses were found to be wearing wedding bands with engravings on the outside the during a recent infectioncontrol audit.
But some of those affected say they will resist attempts by the trust to make them take off these rings, saying the measure is unnecessary.
A spokesman for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: “Whilst we appreciate a minority of staff may be disappointed at not being allowed to wear other styles of wedding ring, the foundation trust has this policy in place for the protection and safety of our patients.
We are working extremely hard to combat healthcare-associated infections and this work is already showing results, with MRSA rates falling sharply.
Not to sure about this one myself but it does seem a little bit petty.
Medieval Themed Wedding
A COUPLE who share a love of medieval history tied the knot in style this weekend.
Bride Pamela Blanden, 44, and groom Russell Bennett, 38, of Westcliff, got married on Saturday at the 14th century Southchurch Hall.
The entire wedding party wore period costume and were greeted by staff who also dressed up for the occasion.
Family and friends helped create costumes, as well as medieval thrones, banners and shields and Tudor-style portraits of the couple.
Full story Here
I just love a good medieval wedding 
Grooms Mother Has Heart Attack Due To Limo Crash
The driver of the white limousine, carrying a bridegroom , his mother and the best man, lost control of the car just yards from the church after the brakes failed and ploughed into a brick wall.
The crash caused the groom’s mother to have a heart attack and left the groom with back and leg injuries.
Moments later bride arrived on the scene and was shocked by the sight that greeted her.
The limo was crushed against a wall and despite the groom mother being stretchered to hospital by paramedics, the bride and groom decided to carry on with the ceremony so as not to disappoint guests.
Now the unlucky couple are unsure if they’ll go ahead with their honeymoon in Spain.
I hope the groom’s mother makes a full recovery and the couple get their honeymoon.
Credit Crunch Couples Choose To Wed In Greece
With UK consumers cutting back on spending in almost every area of their lives, it might seem surprising that weddings abroad are on the increase.
It’s seems there is a huge demand for Greek weddings.
A wedding in Greece provides the perfect solution for many UK couples for a variety of reasons.
The average UK wedding now costing in excess of £18,500, couples are increasingly looking at alternatives and for just over £2,500, couples can enjoy a Greek island wedding consisting of a beach ceremony and 3 course meal for 20 guests.
This price also includes all the extras such as champagne, photographer, flowers, wedding cake and arrival by horse and carriage.
When you also factor in the wonderful Greek summer weather and the huge choice of scenic wedding venues including beaches, chapels, gardens and private islands a wedding in Greece seems like a dream come true.
The Greek islands are a low cost destination for holidays, meaning that couples family and friends can easily join them and enjoy a holiday at the same time.
Greece also benefits from simpler legal wedding paperwork than other European countries, and English is widely spoken.
FULL STORY http://www.easier.com/view/Travel/Holidays/article-204617.html
Seems like a great idea to me .
Weddings Woes for couples After XL Collapse
TWO couples have had their dream weddings wrecked after the shock collapse of tour operator XL.
Tens of thousands of people were stranded overseas after the firm XL Britain’s third largest tour operator went into administration.
Among them are Michelle Nutter, 26, and fiancé William Cunningham, 29, who were due to fly to Cyprus on Sunday with three-year-old daughter Nicole ahead of their dream beach wedding on the island on Friday.
Under Cypriot law, they must arrive in the country at least five days before the ceremony.
The wedding party of 12 were due to join them today.
All of them having paid over £600 each for a week’s holiday.
Michelle, from Salford, who paid £3,700 for their two-week wedding and honeymoon package which she booked over a year ago, said: “It’s a nightmare.”"I got a call from my friend with the news.
I was gutted, it’s been a massive bombshell. We all paid cash through a travel agency so I don’t know what we’re entitled to get back or be compensated for.
Fingers crossed both couples involved managed to get their weddings sorted out in the end.
A very Strange Venue for wedding
A couple in the USA chose a very unusual spot for their wedding.
Inside a funeral parlour.
Jason and Rachael Storm, both 24, decided to tie the knot at the Starks and Menchinger Family Funeral Home in Michigan, where Mr Storm is a funeral director.
The reception, including dinner and dancing, Which was also held at the funeral home.
The couple had to reassure some guests there would be no corpses or coffins present.
Now that’s something a little bit different!
LeAnn To Renew Vows
Country Singing star LeAnn Rimes and husband Dean Sheremet are to renew their wedding vows.
The singer and her husband are said to renewing their vows at the Calistoga Ranch in the Napa Valley, California,
The couple originally married in February 2002.
They first met when Dean was working as one of LeAnn’s backup dancers
Awwwwww how lovely 
Marriage on the Decline
The number of couples in Briton getting married has collapsed to a record low,it has emerged
The proportion of people getting married is now the lowest since records began in 1862 and the number of weddings held in 2006 was the smallest since 1895.
Among men the rate was 22.8 in every 1,000, among women 20.5. When marriage-rates were first calculated in 1862 the level was 58.7 for men and 50 for women.
Even during the world war years marriage rates for women never dropped below 40 in 1,000. They fell below 30 for the first time in 1995.
The general decline of marriage has been under way since 1972 when there were 426,000 weddings and marriage rates were more than 78 in 1,000 for men and 60 for women.
Church weddings are also at a low as two-thirds of all weddings in 2006 were civil ceremonies.
Religious marriages numbered fewer than 80,000.
Wow i’m pretty shocked by this !
Maybe all you ladies need to stop waiting for your man and do the asking yourself
Couple Have Star Wars Wedding
Star Wars fanatics Rebecca D’Madeiros and Bill Duda are so obsessed with the blockbuster movies they wanted to add a bit of the force to their wedding day.
So they dressed up as characters from the sci-fi blockbusters and were even married by a registrar dressed as Yoda.
The couple were married in their backyard in Portland, Oregon, in June, asked all their friends and family to dress as characters from the films.
Dressed as the characters Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar, Bill and Rebecca were led into their garden by a line of Imperial Stomtroopers.
Full story and photo’s HERE
Now i would have loved to have been a guest at that wedding!
Charlotte Church Says She’d Love a Beach Wedding
Charlotte Church has revealed she that she would like to marry her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson abroad.
Charlotte who’s pregnant with their second child and due to give birth in november would like an intimate beach ceremony with close family and friends.
But she says she’s still waiting for Gavin to propose.
‘All the rumours about Gavin being seen shopping for rings are completely untrue,’ she told Hello! ‘As are those about us flying thinking of flying off to Mexico to get married
But I can confirm that we both think a wedding on a beach would be very romantic, when the time is right of course.’
Fingers crossed She gets her wish soon.