Tonight's the night for love

TONIGHT is the biggest night of the year for first dates as Britons seeking love stage a massive rush for romance

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Jan 2010, 19:52 BST

Updated 29th Jan 2010, 20:01 BST

January may have a reputation as the peak month for the break-up of relationships and for couples to file for divorce, but a new report offers grounds for optimism.

A survey of 2,000 singles by the dating site parship.co.uk, shows that January is also bonanza time for budding romances, with

Saturday the 30th scheduled to be the year's biggest night for first dates, with an estimated 700,000 encounters blossoming into new romance.