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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.

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.

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.

On their marks for a rush of gay weddings (The News and Star) - CUMBRIA’S register offices are bracing themselves for a rush of bookings for gay ‘marriages’ today. They have already had a steady stream of phone calls from same sex couples interested in having civil ceremonies.

Gay ‘Weddings’ Become Legal (RainbowNetwork.com) - From today, 5 December 2005, gay couples can legally celebrate their relationship by taking advantage of the new Civil Partnership Act, which will give same-sex relationships the same rights as heterosexual married couples.

Celebrations as hundreds of gay couples queue up to tie the knot (The Scotsman) - HUNDREDS of same-sex couples flocked to registry offices across the country yesterday to apply for the first gay weddings in Britain.

Mass gay weddings planned (Independent Online) - KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and Gauteng have been earmarked to host Africa's first-ever mass gay wedding ceremonies after the landmark Constitutional Court ruling that has legalised same-sex marriages in South Africa.