but the legal steps will take longer. there s now a 20 week pause to allow couples to think again. time also to divide finances and agree arrangements for children. but campaigners say the new law means more separating couples will find a happier life without added emotional and financial pain. dominic casciani, bbc news, in north london. joining me now is sheena cassidy hope, who is the managing associate in the family law team at mishcon de reya, who can talk to us about the significance of this change in divorce laws. good to have you with us today. this is a big change in the process of how people can get a divorce. why has it taken so long? because in scotland for example no divorces have been around for a decade. yes. there have have been around for a decade. yes. there have been have been around for a decade. yes there have been debates about whether fault should be a component of divorce since, certainly since the late 1960s and owned imagine some time before that. family
afternoon. the wind picks up in the west of scotland and ireland. more persistent rain in orkney. cold air in shetland that will start the process of working south this evening. plenty of showers before it arrives. some heavy with hail and thunder. the covering of snow tonight across the higher ground scotland. we will see heavy rain as well this evening in the first part of the night across the southern parts of england, lasting throughout the channel islands. coldest conditions in the north with frost and ice around, winter week showers tomorrow. all of the sea temperatures drop tomorrow and then a cold start to friday but a few showers. bye for now.
of getting around 72 holes here this week. that s probably the question mark, but the golf game is there. so would i be surprised? no, i m not surprised at anything he does any more. he might get a green jacket. that s all the sport for now. more from the bbc sports centre throughout the day. bye from me. the biggest reform to divorce law in 50 years has come into force in england and wales bringing it broadly into line with scotland. married couples will now be able to begin divorce proceedings without apportioning blame. our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. happy family life what so many of us want, but sometimes it comes with an emotional cost. in 2018, olivia and her then husband realised their marriage was over and they had to find a way out of it for the good of themselves
the calories on their own aren t going to make that much of a difference. i think you need to know what else is in there, don t you? even your vegetables - are at least in butter or oils, just so they glisten under the light, aren t they? i whereas you wouldn t i necessarily know that you might be thinking, - oh, i m going for a healthier choice by having these vegetables. i feel like there needs to be more kind of education around this, and i don t meanjust in schools, for example. i think it needs to be, like, a wider spread thing, so thinking about the fibre content, the protein, the things that obviously fill you up rather than just a number next to a dish. because obviously that can just be kind of misleading in terms of actually what s inside that food itself. the governments in scotland and wales are consulting on whether to introduce similar regulations. but the big question is what impact these measures will have in the fight against rising obesity levels. dominic hughes,