A wife who is being kicked out of the UK will have to leave her critically-ill husband at Christmas. Canadian Cindy Byron, who fought a five-month battle to stay in Merseyside, has five weeks to get out of the country.

There was one detail Patricia’s husband, a Turkish immigrant, didn’t disclose to her — that he had no legal right to stay in Britain. Devoted Patricia’s subsequent fight to keep him here put her £30,000 in debt but within two months of his winning the right to stay in the UK, he filed for divorce.

A Canadian woman fighting to stay in the country to look after her critically-ill husband has been given five weeks to get out.

Foreigners applying for marriage visas for the UK will have to be at least 21 years old from the end of this month. Ministers say raising the age from 18 is needed to stop forced marriages and deter people from abusing the system.

Preston Women’s Refuge has won a grant which will allow it to help female immigrants trapped in violent marriages. The free and confidential service, offered in English, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu, is thought to be the first service of its kind offered by a women’s aid organisation.

An MP has backed calls to help Asian migrant women who find themselves on the streets after marriages to their British partners fail. They are told by the authorities that they must go back to their country of origin but for many this is not possible due to the shame attached to being separated or divorced.

A wedding fixer who earned thousands by setting up fake marriages in a scam with African immigrants has been arrested in a dramatic raid in Glasgow.