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SOUTH EDITION
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Issue 621
09 - 15 Sept 2011
Couple jilted by Jack Troughton
MARIE AND Gary Mead made it to the church on time for their wedding ceremony – but the priest failed to turn up. The newlyweds – they were actually married in Las Vegas – had promised family and friends a more traditional service and had arranged a blessing at the romantic Las Alcazares church. With 74 guests heading for Murcia from the UK and Spain, Marie and Gary carefully planned their big day and a 10,000€ celebration to remember by the sea on 25th August. The invitations had long since been sent out, transport arranged to the church and onto the reception, a photographer booked, dresses fitted for the bride, bridesmaids and flower-girl, and the wedding cake ‘imported’ from England. Marie and Gary had even learnt their responses in Spanish to make the blessing more authentic, were given permission to play a little Elvis Presley in church, and had taken the priest’s advice to delay the ceremony until 6pm when it would be cooler. However, they got to the church only to find it locked. What happened to the priest remains a mystery even though the couple watched him highlight the date in his diary. COMEDY And referring to a hit television comedy, Gary told RTN: “We think the vicar was still in Dibley.” Continued on page 3
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