The relationship support charity, Relate, has seen a 116% increase since December in the number of people calling its helpline for relationship support.

Analysis of the calls received has shown that the biggest issues causing relationship breakdown were:

• Arguments  36%
• Affairs  20%
• Sex    9%
• Stress   9%
• Money   7%

The charity has also seen a 60% increase in visitors to their website.

Relate conducted a survey before Christmas and found the most common causes of fireworks over the Christmas period were identified as personality clashes (14%) and not agreeing on what to do over the break (10%). The survey also revealed that people are most likely to argue with their partner (29%) or their children (13%).