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Cumbria's first gay weddings booked (The News and Star) - Cumbria's first ‘gay weddings’ have been booked at the register offices this morning. The couple are one of eight civil partnerships registered in North and West Cumbria under new rules that came into force today.

Gay weddings legal from today in Scotland (The Scotsman via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - GAY weddings will become legal in Scotland from today with hundreds of same sex couples planning to tie the knot.

U.K. companies hope to cash in on gay weddings (The Advocate) - With gay couples across the United Kingdom signing up in large numbers to be united under the nation’s new Civil Partnership Act, companies offering traditional wedding services are expecting to cash in on the “pink pound boom,” reports London’s The Independent.

Beware of thieves targeting weddings (Lansing State Journal) - A purse left casually in the dressing room. A makeup bag sitting on the counter. Gifts sitting in the hall.

Music to get you in the spirit, inspire (The Prairie Advocate) - Slip into Shannon and you're likely to hear a chamber group performing on cello, viola and violin. The group can be heard at Baptist Church services, weddings and funerals.

Gay Weddings, Now Legal, Fuel Boom for U.K. Caterers (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Pearson, the grey-haired manager of Ironmongers' Hall in London's financial district, unlocks the door to a 70 foot-long (21 meter) chamber adorned with 17th-century portraits and a Waterford crystal chandelier.

Group envisions weddings at old prison (CentralOhio.com) - MANSFIELD (AP) -- A preservation group plans to spend $600,000 to renovate the rundown guard room at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, the imposing old prison where "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed.

Gay weddings become law (Gulf Daily News) - LONDON: Gay and lesbian couples in Britain began officially registering their plans to tie the knot under a historic new law that came into effect yesterday.

Delhi: HC relaxes order banning use of farm houses (Press Trust of India) - New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) Relaxing its earlier order banning use of farm houses for organising weddings in violation of Delhi Master Plan, the Delhi High Court today allowed farm houses facing at least 60 feet wide road to hold such functions in the capital for the time being.

Gay couples celebrate as first weddings booked (The Herald) - MORE than 140 same-sex couples in Scotland are to take advantage of the Civil Partnership Act to formalise their relationships in the coming months.