Pippa Middleton has split up from Nico Jackson, her boyfriend of three years, the Daily Mail revealed.

Break-up made me focus on my job, says actress, but admits winning an Oscar did not heal her loneliness.

Titillation and standards are a tricky balance in a world of highly sexualised advertising, writes Alan Perrott.

Only middle class people know how to have sex, right?

OPINION: You choose your friends, not your family. But what happens when you become estranged from kin?

Is lasting love being replaced by bored singles looking for one night stands?

A good sex life is meant to make you happy. But nearly half of women find themselves feeling sad or tearful after making love, a study claims.

Police have interviewed a man over claims a prostitute wrote a note seeking help and secretly handed it to him.

When people are looking for a significant other, they often try to find someone whose values, education, earnings, hobbies and even height match their own.

Schuler Benson was accidentally logged into a random stranger's Facebook account, a twist of fate that led to a love affair and marriage.

Several times a year, there are days to celebrate love, mothers and fathers. So when's the time to celebrate singles?

You didn't have me at 'hello'. A study into online dating conversation reveals the best lines for striking up a chat, and landing a date.

Dazzling All Black rookie Nehe Milner-Skudder has an equally lovely partner, student and actress Hanna Tevita.

A new study by the Pew Research Centre has explored how social media and technology weave into every stage of the dating process, from flirting to break-up.

Despite social changes in gender equality, women are not prepared to be the one to 'put a ring on it' says Jill Goldson.

Who we find attractive isn't determined by some complex genetic construct, but simply by our own personal experiences.

A writer and sometime stand-up comedian, Verity writes on life, love and a bit of everything.

New Zealand fertility specialist on virgin births.

Research often finds married people are happier and healthier than singles. But with more single people than ever before, what kinds of people do just fine without a romantic relationship?

Kaley Cuoco is divorcing her husband of 21 months.

The debate about "mean girls" of all ages has a long history.

A man in the UK has proposed by placing a ring on the hand of his dead girlfriend before sharing images of their "engagement" online.

It's the divorce strategy that launched a thousand headlines, and plenty of scorn besides. But is the woman behind the concept - famously adopted by Gwyneth Paltrow - proof that it can work asks Anna Maxted.

Couple who met aged four and shared their first kiss at 15 are still together 40 years on.

Is peace merely the absence of conflict? Jill Goldson discusses how we find it in a seemingly peace-deprived world.

A dating app fan accepts the challenge of deleting her online connectors.

A study found that teens can juggle lots of information at a high speed meaning they make the fewest slips when fibbing.

Lizzie Marvelly explains the genesis of her brave viral video counter-attack on revenge porn.