Getting Divorced Saved Our Marriage: They Had Bitterly Painful Splits - Then Realised They Couldn't Live Without Each Other

New research has shown a rise in the number in 'boomerang' couples, who divorce then reunite. 

Julie Minter, 46, and Martin Copland, 54, above, from Pavenham, Bedfordshire , were struck by regret post split. 

According to the research more than a quarter of divorcees in Britain considered reconciliation, and 40 per cent admitted to still loving their ex