The UK High Court has rejected the bid by Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan to lift the ban on heterosexual couples entering into civil partnerships.

The couple had wanted to enter into a civil partnership as  it "focuses on equality" but the Civil Partnership Act of 2004 states that only couples with "two people of the same sex" are eligible. Following the introduction of same sex marriage in 2014 - giving same sex couples the right to choose marriage or civil partnership - Ms Steinfeld and Mr Keidan argued that, as a heterosexual co...