A heterosexual couple's wish to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage has been egistryejected by the Court of Appeal.
Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, from London, were challenging the ruling that set out they did not meet the legal requirement of being the same sex.
The judges said the Government should be allowed more time to decide on the future of civil partnerships.
Steinfeld, 35, and Keidan, 40, want legal recognition of their seven-year relationship but do not wish to marry. The couple said there was still "everything to fight for" and they intend to appeal to the Supreme Court.
