Dating Trail News

What happened after my TV dating adventure on Channel 4

2012-02-14T10:30:00Z

Tracey Lupton spills the beans on what happened after the first series of 'Come Date With We' aired on Channel 4

How the dating game went international

2012-02-13T11:45:00Z

As the world becomes smaller, more and more people are becoming romantically involved with people from other countries.

Does online dating make It harder to find ‘the one'?

2012-02-07T13:25:00Z

Why online dating is great for meeting lots of people, but not necessarily the one you want.

Speed dating goes literary

2012-02-03T10:10:00Z

If you’re looking for love and you’d rather cuddle up with a book than belly up to a singles bar, read on.

Top 10 UK relationship and dating blogs

2012-02-02T14:45:00Z

He's a top 10 of UK dating blogs as voted by some kind of PR website.

Survey: Android users most likely to have sex on first date

2012-02-02T12:20:00Z

Match.com has polled more than 1,000 Canadian users on their dating habits and compared this data to the kind of phone they own.

The Dating Guru’s Tips for Valentine’s Dating Success

2012-02-02T10:30:00Z

As the UK's Dating Guru, I've helped 1000s of singles through my weekly parties, dating seminars and coaching sessions.

Love in the aisles: speed-dating in Tesco. Seriously.

2012-02-01T16:15:00Z

It’s nearly February which means that soon every shop window in the country will be bedecked with various shades of red and the next time you’re on a night out, you’ll be badgered to buy a rose for your girlfriend/female friend.

When It comes to dating, do your actions back up your high standards claims?

2012-01-31T15:05:00Z

Ask any woman if she has high dating standards, and nine times out of 10 she with enthusiastically say yes.

Think marriage is expensive? Singletons spend more than £3 billion a year looking for love

2012-01-27T15:45:00Z

A study, which investigated the cost of dating, found Brits collectively go on 37 million dates, spending on average £47 each time. Credit: Daily Mail Online

MEN: 53 secrets girls don't want guys to know

2012-01-27T13:30:00Z

Attention menfolk: An interesting insight in to the madness that is the female mind.

Dating and the challenge of too many choices

2012-01-26T14:32:00Z

If online dating hasn’t led you to your perfect match, perhaps the issue isn’t that you’re too choosy, but rather that there’s too much choice.

WOTWENTWRONG - breakup app provides personalised feedback to daters

2012-01-26T10:00:00Z

WotWentWrong launches this month as a free web app, solving the mystery of why promising new romances ended unexpectedly or successful first dates vanished.

Dating Site Lovestruck.com Launches Profile Verification Service

2012-01-19T13:10:00Z

Online dating site Lovestruck.com is delighted to announce a groundbreaking social profile verification service .

Relationship anxiety - Alexis deals with the niggling doubts that can blight new relationships

2012-01-19T10:00:00Z

So I’ve made it passed that all important third date with my latest crush, I’ve even made it passed the fourth, fifth and sixth date, hurrah! It’s all very exciting. My new man is tall, dark and handsome as well as kind, considerate and fun to be around

Food and dating - Tracey's take on a new type of courting

2012-01-10T13:30:00Z

Dating in London is kind of like a dodgy Chinese buffet – there are so many different choices out there, exciting and shiny, but after a while they all just end up giving you a dodgy tummy and a wave of nausea if you have too much.

2012 and Still Single – That’s Hilarious!

2012-01-06T15:00:00Z

Ah the fresh breeze of a new year plays gently across my hungover face. The dating travails of last year seem but a distant memory and after my short-lived televisual fame, I feel I’ve settled into the calm twilight of post singledom years.

Alexis hopes she doesn't end up with her legs in the air on 5th date

2011-12-21T13:40:00Z

It's Christmas and Alexis is going on her fifth date with her new man, this time it's ice-skating.

First date down, but what happens next is ALL important

2011-12-16T10:00:00Z

Alexis discusses how she deals with the tricky business of the follow up call or text after that all important first date.

Plane Dating - KLM unveils 'Meet and Seat' matching via Facebook

2011-12-15T11:35:00Z

It could only come from the Dutch – Netherlands airline KLM is working on a tool that will allow passengers to choose who they sit next to on flights, based on Facebook and LinkedIn profiles.

Page not available. But Justin is.

2011-12-14T14:30:00Z

We liked this rather clever piece of viral PR from Mint.com so here it is for your viewing pleasure.

And the winner is… [Come Dine With Me]

2011-12-14T11:15:00Z

John's final roundup of Channel 4's soon to be hit series Come Date With Me. And the Winner is...

How an online virus can damage your analogue self. Beware the BS disease.

2011-12-14T09:15:00Z

Now, I’ve had a few dates from trawling sites on the internet, some of which, I admit, have been ‘lovely’ or ‘nice’. I’ve made some great friends and of course, a few enemies. Law of averages dictates that this is to be expected. However, while ladies out

Soooo Matt! What a night!

2011-12-09T17:15:00Z

John Davis's summary of Come Date With Me - Episode 4 as broadcast on Thursday December 8, 2011

Single? Feeling lucky? [Be on TV!]

2011-12-08T11:45:00Z

The makers of the hugely successful Come Dine With Me are making a brand new show for singletons called Come Date With Me to be broadcast on Channel 4.

Come Date With Me: John's roundup of episode three

2011-12-08T09:45:00Z

Vitriol seemed to be spread wide across cyberspace and the armchair critics had plenty of bile to spew forth, particularly those armed with Guardian comment accounts. I felt almost betrayed by my fellow middling lefties.

Come Date With Me, Episode Two: Our John’s Date with Tracey

2011-12-07T14:45:00Z

John Davis, Dating Trail writer and star of Channel 4's Come Date With Me continues with the second installment of his blog following the series being shown all this week.

Our John joins the cast of C4's new series, Come Date With Me

2011-12-06T16:30:00Z

After the first episode of Channel 4’s new reality TV show, Come Date With Me, went to air last night, our dating guru John Davis gives the inside line on what it’s like to be a contestant on the show, keeping up to date as each episode goes to air.

Jay Sivad has a confession for you

2011-12-06T16:10:00Z

Jay Sivad comes clean to the nation about his real identity.

Leftovers Dating Site: Swedish Online Service Pairs Up Suitors With Last Night's Cuisine

2011-12-06T15:00:00Z

Online dating has long catered to all sorts of people with strange quirks and bizarre habits. But now, there's a dating service that matches people up to share their leftovers-- as in food, not lovers.

Ex-wife 'pours boiling water over sleeping husband' after learning that he was dating a new woman

2011-12-06T13:00:00Z

A wife is accused of pouring boiling water over her ex-husband for seeing another woman.

Cheating partners panic as dating site details go public

2011-12-06T11:17:00Z

Cheating partners may be rushing to delete their online profiles after the revelation that a dating website is not as private as they hoped.

Alexis Thompson reveals how she prepares for a first date

2011-12-02T10:00:00Z

After four long months of being single, dateless and quite frankly, boring, I have finally met someone. Hurrah!

Have you found your niche yet?

2011-11-29T09:19:00Z

Using a niche dating site is an excellent way of getting the big questions out of the way. There's a plethora of sites available covering an enormous range of interests (including one for single vampires). Read stories from four successful couples...

Singletons stuck in 'Groundhog dates'

2011-11-25T10:00:00Z

A poll reveals that unlucky-in-love singletons go on 20 practically identical dates each year, with many admitting they rarely make it to a second meeting. DoingSomething.co.uk says the hit rate can be improved by trying unusual activities...

Share me: Finding love and doing it for the nation

2011-11-22T10:00:00Z

I want to be shared. I want to be Twitfaced. I want to be Faceplanted: Finding love and doing it for the nation

Alexis Thompson is starting to fear that she will remain single forever

2011-11-18T10:30:00Z

Okay, I know I’m only 28 and that may sound like a ridiculous claim to make, but behind my brave smile, I am starting to grow increasingly concerned about the recent lack of dating activity in my life.

New survey results may cause boom for dentists

2011-11-15T10:00:00Z

Online dating company Cupid Plc have just completed a survey of its members that reveals once and for all: what do people really care about on your dating profile?

Do attractive people write better online dating profiles?

2011-11-14T17:31:00Z

A new study of dating sites suggests attractive men also write the best biographies.

Jay explains why he hates Christmas

2011-11-14T13:00:00Z

Every year we all complain about how early the shops begin preparing for Christmas. I am, however, over it and have decided if you can’t beat them, join them.

Met Police officer sacked for comments made on dating website

2011-11-11T16:30:00Z

A police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct after boasting about drug taking and committing a sexual offence on UniformDating.com. Members of the public reported the comments to the Metropolitan police...

Singles move away from dating websites to mobile dating apps

2011-11-11T16:00:00Z

A survey of 50,000 people by Snap Interactive (who has a mobile dating app and a dating website) has found 80% of singles prefer using a smartphone to get a date than traditional websites. An interesting trend for the dating scene...

Divorcing couple ordered to share online dating passwords

2011-11-11T12:05:00Z

Sign of the times: A divorcing couple in Connecticut have been ordered by a judge to hand over their Facebook and online dating passwords to each other's lawyers in a custody battle over their children...

Be on TV! - Are you single and looking for LOVE?

2011-11-09T14:20:00Z

Are you keen to challenge society’s attitude towards disability and interested in taking part in a Channel 4 Documentary TV Series?

The 8 most popular relationship types (Part two)

2011-11-07T13:09:00Z

The 8 most popular relationship types Part 2. Now that we’ve found love (What are gonna dooooo, with iiiiiitt?)

Before eHarmony

2011-11-04T16:10:00Z

Many of our hip and trendy readers won't remember the heady days of the 1980's when men were men and women wore shoulder pads. We've been through the archives and found a fabulous montage of what dating used to look like. Apologies if you spot your dad...

The 8 most popular relationship types (Part one)

2011-10-31T13:10:00Z

Jay's two part guide to the eight most popular relationship types (Part one)

Really? BeautifulPeople.com release video rebuff to Shrek virus

2011-10-26T12:00:00Z

There was a minor storm earlier this year when online dating website BeautifulPeople.com was attacked by the so-called "Shrek" virus which allowed over 30,000 ugly people into the system. Watch their video rebuff here entitled simply: "Really?"

American-style sugar daddy parties 'are coming to UK'

2011-10-25T13:01:00Z

At first you could only find them on dating websites, now there are big budget sugar daddy parties.

Could YOU love a spy?

2011-10-25T12:32:00Z

For many it's the ultimate fantasy. But for this woman, dating a real-life James Bond left her more shaken than stirred.