Short but Bitter-Sweet

BBC:

A terminally ill man believed to be the first in Britain to "marry" his partner in a civil partnership has died just one day after the ceremony. Matthew Roche, 46, who had lung cancer, and Christopher Cramp held their ceremony hours after the Civil Partnership Act became law on Monday. The couple, from Brighton, were given special permission to go ahead before the normal 15-day waiting period. The ceremony was held at St Barnabas Hospice in Worthing, West Sussex...