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A move to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples is in the news, as parliament debates the same sex marriage bill. We ask what difference聽it could make for women who cohabit with a man.

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Why don鈥檛 more men do childcare? Women are still more likely to become stay at home mums or聽reduce their working hours than men. More men say they want to be a hands-on parent, but that interest isn鈥檛 reflected in the choices that couples make about looking after their children. Gideon Burrow鈥檚 decided to take on exactly half of the childcare and rearranged his working life and, he says, other men can do it. Jane is joined by Gideon and by , author of Shattered and to discuss what is stopping fathers

Gideon Burrow鈥檚 book is called聽 the real reason dads don鈥檛 do childcare and what men and women should do about it.

Internet infidelity is one of the biggest issues that couples face today, with digital technology increasingly playing a role in the break up of relationships. It has been found that in a fifth of relationships, at least one partner had checked their partners internet browsing history or texts. Jane Mulkerrins, Grazia鈥檚 US Contributing Editor and the writer and relationship expert , join Jane to discuss snooping.

Ellen Willmott was聽born in 1858 - a contemporary of Gertrude Jekyll. She's had over 60 plants named after her or her home , near Brentwood in Essex. Her house is now just a ruin but there are still elements of her garden to be admired. Merilyn Harris visited Warley Place to find out more about her from garden historian Twigs Way.