LGBT rights in the United Kingdom filed a lawsuit to have their marriage recognised in the region. On 2 November 2015, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted for a fifth time on the question of legalising same-sex marriage. Of the 105 MLAs who voted on a motion to recognise same-sex marriage, 53 MLAs votes in favour and 51 voted against, the first time a majority of the Assembly had ever voted in favour of same-sex marriage. However, the DUP again tabled a motion of concern, preventing the motion from having any legal effect. As a result, the "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Bill" was introduced to
Christopher Beaumont, 23rd Seigneur of Sark Christopher Beaumont, 23rd Seigneur of Sark Christopher Beaumont is the present Seigneur of Sark in the Channel Islands and a major. He succeeded as Seigneur on 3 July 2016, when his father Michael Beaumont died. On 5 July 2016 the "Sark Newspaper" published an article that listed reasons Sark residents should have doubts about what the Seigneury of the 23rd Seigneur held in store for them. The "Sark Newspaper" reported Sark residents could not know whether Beaumont would re-occupy the Seigneurie, the traditional residence of the Seigneur, even though it is a matter of public record that the elderly former