FINANCIAL TIMES – July 18 – Older people in England and Wales are getting married and divorced in greater numbers, as greater life expectancy encourages a "more connected" generation of baby boomers to tie and untie the knot. The number of brides and grooms aged 65 and over rose by 46% between 2004 and 2014, according to the ONS, while marriage rates – the number of people getting married as a proportion of the rest of the population – rose by a fifth. The divorce rate among retirees is also on the up. While overall divorce rates have fallen in the last ten years by more than a quarter, the number of men divorcing aged 65+ rose 23%, while among women of the same age, divorces are up 38%.
