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Who will win? The Herald are asking our readers to vote for who they’d like to see Win a Dream Wedding at the Buckland Tout-Saints hotel. The couples in this supplement have all jumped at the chance to win this spectacular prize on offer – a dream wedding valued at approximately £20,000 Buckland Tout-Saints luxury country house hotel is situated in Kingsbridge in the stunning Devon South Hams, surrounded by 4½ acres of beautifully tended gardens and woodland. The hotel is the jewel in the crown of this breathtaking corner of Devon. With beautiful bedrooms, award-winning cuisine, and an air of tranquility throughout that is rarely to be found, we look forward to welcoming you to one of Devon’s finest luxury country house hotels. One lucky couple will have their wedding day held here with a package of over £5,500! A day you’ll never forget.
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Your chance to help choose the winners by Rachael Dodd This year’s Win a Dream Wedding competition takes a step closer to finding a winning couple today. We can now reveal the 2015 entrants.
A dream wedding worth approximately £20,000 awaits one lucky couple listed in this supplement. Start voting today to get your favourite couple in the top 10. Voting coupons will be printed in The Herald every day until April 22, with a deadline of April 24 at noon to get them to us. When the votes have been counted a judging panel will have the unenviable task of picking just one couple from the final 10 to win. The competition has been giving brides and grooms-to-be a spectacular celebration courtesy of Plymouth’s top wedding businesses since 2013. Last year’s competition winners, Hayley Adams and Lee Teale, were blown away by their prize wedding. Hayley said: “The whole process has been amazing. I still can’t really get over what the
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Above: this year’s prize wedding location, Buckland Tout-Saints Hotel, at Kingsbridge in the South Hams. Below: last year’s winning couple Hayley and Lee Teale
providers have given to us and all of them have gone above and beyond.” “It’s absolutely nuts and it’s gone so fast but it has been brilliant,” added Hayley. This will be the third year running that The Herald and Drakes Jewellers have collaborated to bring about this amazing competition. Drakes will also be supplying the couple’s rings and staff at the firm can’t wait to meet the competition winners. Drakes Director Monique Hirschman said: “We love being part of Win a Dream Wedding and getting to meet so many lovely people along the way. “We have been overwhelmed by the response to this year’s competition and we are so excited to meet our next winners. Let the fun begin!” The beautiful Buckland Tout-Saints Hotel will be this year’s dream wedding venue. This perfectly formed period manor house is set in nearly five acres of lavishly planted and lovingly kept grounds. General manager Gemma Edmonds is proud to call Buckland Tout-Saints the dream wedding venue of 2015: “I am delighted that Buckland ToutSaints has been chosen as the venue for this year’s Win a Dream Wedding competition. It is fantastic to be able to offer our very special country house hotel as a prize to make some perfect wedding memories for a lucky couple. “We consider it a privilege to be part of a couple’s wedding and know that we played a key part in ensuring they had the most perfect day.” On top of these incredible prizes, the winning couple will also receive wedding photography from Clare Kinchin, a wedding gown and bridesmaids dresses from The Wedding Company, suit hire from The Groom’s Room, wedding cake from Edible Essence, hair and beauty from Purity Salon, stationery from F3 Design, décor from Seaspray, videography from Life Video designs and even tango lessons from Salsa Conmigo.
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Amber-Jane O’Riley and Mark Coaker
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I would love to win this competition, for so many reasons, reasons which I can’t explain in no more than fifty words. These past years have been a whirlwind for us both. I can’t wait to be his wife, to have him as my husband, forever and always, by my side.
Amie Brown and Thomas Dixon
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Chloe Evans and Rob Sword
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We met in 2006 as friends and became a couple in 2011. I have three children from a previous relationship and we have a daughter together. If Rob and I won this competition it would simply make two best friends and our families extremely happy, knowing we couldn't afford a dream like this on our own.
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I would love to surprise my fiancé with her dream wedding as it's something we have no chance of affording after our daughter was born. She deserves to have the wedding of her dreams and by golly I will give it to her as she is my world. My angel!!!
Anna Drazkiewicz and Ian Pearson
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We wanted to get married but Anna fell pregnant and all of our money was instead spent on buying and moving to a new, more suitable home. ‘Humphrey’ (name of surprise bump for now) is due mid April. Winning this would complete our little family jigsaw quite brilliantly.
Cathryn Feltham and Lee Horn
Carla Tuckwell and Kevin Smith After nine years together, on Christmas Day a very nervouslooking Kev asked me to marry him. We are now both very excited about becoming husband and wife and would love to win our dream wedding and be able to end the year as Mr and Mrs Smith.
Tom and I have been together four years. 2014 didn't start well for us. We fell pregnant, lost my job and were evicted BUT we flipped our life around. We got our first home, engaged, our baby Dougie and are now ready to be wed and share a family name.
Anna Orzol and Daniel Sharratt
Amy Hay and Kyle Prince Why we would like to win the prize: Three years ago Kyle left his life up North and moved to the other end of the country to be with me, it would be our dream to truly celebrate our love for each other. I cannot wait to marry my best friend, my soul mate.
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We are a local couple and have recently welcomed our daughter Megan into our family. We want to cement our family through the commitment of marriage. The fabulous prize is everything we have dreamt of, from the amazing rings to the fantastic venue and everything that makes the day complete.
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Cheryl Hunter and Andrew Peach
We would love to win this competition as being married would mean the world to both of us and our little boy! Family is the most important thing in the world and it would be lovely to make our family complete by sharing commitment, love, life, and all being one by sharing the same surname. I would marry my man in a second, no matter where. Being his wife would mean the absolute world to me.
Me and Andrew would love to win the wedding as we really want a full festival-themed wedding at a beautiful location in Cornwall, where all our family members (and 50 children!) could attend and join in fun with lots of festival games and entertainment as well as great live bands!
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We’ve been together for five years and engaged for one; we’ve got a gorgeous seven-month-old son. It would be our dream to get married this year as we are very much in love and want to share our love for each other with our families and friends.
Chloe Lucas and Matthew Davies
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Christina Hawkins and Chris Clapham
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We got engaged on December 20, 2014 and I lost my mother in December 2014 and was very upset at the prospect of not having my mum there on our wedding day. I want to make the day as special as I can, for not only my fiance and I, but for my dad.
After being a single mum for eight years, I decided to start dating and met Marc. He changed my life and my two daughters’ lives phenomenally. Marc’s offered us the stability of a home, he’s father to my daughters and the chance to get married is way beyond what I ever dare dreamed.
We are childhood sweethearts and have been together for seven years, engaged for one year. Winning this prize would mean the world to us as we have been through some hard times lately. And marriage would be a small step in a life-long journey together.
Corinne Riley and Gregory Hingston
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Dawne Penney and Marc Jones
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Charlotte Field and Benjamin Rogers
Cody Hind and David Allen
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We would love to be considered for the chance of a lifetime. Like almost everyone, money is the only thing stopping us from living our dreams. We are eccentric, happy and loving. Together we are best friends, soul mates and believe if we smile, the world will smile with us!
Demi Coles and Danny Wicks We met each other back in January 2012 , been engaged since June 2013 and we have lived together since July 2014. Now we just need to do the last step by tying the knot. We love each other very much and we would love to win!
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Donna McLaughlin and Richard Aston
Dominique Baker and Matt Wright
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We would absolutely love to win this wedding. We have been together for over seven years and he is my best friend. We have been through a lot together but I couldn’t imagine being apart. Winning this would make our dreams come true and start the rest of our lives together.
They’re a fab couple and they would really deserve this. Donna is always there for her friends.
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Elizabeth Jones and Stephen Adams
Elisabeth Flower and James Thomson
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I’d love to win as me and my partner have been engaged for just over year, but unfortunately due to lack of money we’ve not been able to proceed. My partner is completing an apprenticeship with the MoD so any spare money goes on our family.
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Emily Colton and Jordan Anderton
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We are a young couple, together now for three years, who are ready to start the next chapter of our lives as husband and wife. We both grew up in the same local town and cannot think of anywhere better to say “I do” than set within the beauty of Devon.
I love my partner so much and I don't know what I would have done without his amazing support over the past year. I would love to win just to show how much he really means to me and just to show my appreciation for him and our little family.
Emma Gregory and Paul Johnson My fiance and I have known each other for years as friends; we finally became a couple in June 2013, we knew it was the right time in our lives to finally be together. I love him so much and to marry this man would be a dream come true.
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Emma Martin and Matt Rundle
Emma Monk and Michael Tidman I think that Mike deserves a great wedding. After five years together and three of them him battling Crohns Disease, I think it would just be everything to both of us. He is just the most amazing guy in the world.
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I am 22 and Emma is 21. We have been together since we were 15 at school. We live together while I am finishing university and we have not been able to save up much money. I want to surprise her with a wonderful day with family and friends.
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Hayleigh Shiels and Patrick Archibald
I have been struggling with depression for the past four years and all the way through, Rory has been there for me. He’s been on my nerves and under my feet, but by my side regardless. I would love to be able to thank him with a spectacular wedding day.
I am a devoted mum of two who wants to make her family complete. It has always been my dream job to find the man that makes my heart complete. Ever since I met Patrick I knew he was the one. I want to spend the rest of my life with him, I have never been as happy as I am with Patrick.
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Jade Warren and Frazer Hardy
We have been engaged since August 2014 and both, unfortunately, are at the moment not working. We love each other so much and Chris would love to give me my dream wedding and begin our happily ever after but funds are just non existent. We want to be husband and wife.
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Jenessa Cox and Jason Burbidge
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We have been through a lot over the five years we have been together, both good and bad. But the last year has been the toughest; we tried for a baby and suffered two miscarriages as a result. If we won the competition it would be amazing!
Georgina Clark and Rory Diamond
Hollie Summerfield-Brice and Chris Patrick
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Georgia Davey and Steve
Gemma Curtis and Andrew Hatch We’ve been engaged for 14 years and would be married, but in 2002 we had a surprise pregnancy and in 2005 we had our second child. And then Andrew stuck with me through a number of very hard years while I suffered PND. Now it seems like we’re finally ready.
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We have been together for six years and engaged for just over one. We’d love to get married but with a new baby, money is tight; every spare penny we have goes towards our daughter. We’ve stuck together through everything and this would make our dreams come true.
We would love to win a dream wedding as we have been together for nearly eight years now.We are still madly in love.We are the best of friends and would do anything for each other! We have a lovely son who is five years old and he would love his mummy and daddy to get married so he can carry the rings and we can then all be a “Hardy”. This would mean so much to us all! Plus both our families are dying for us to get married!
Jessica Davies and Ollie Liddard
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This year my partner and I have managed to juggle work, welcomed our beautiful son into the world, got engaged, started a home from nothing whilst both returning to full time education despite both having mental health issues. It’s been tough but our love is stronger. We are aged 22 and 19.
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Jindriska Blechova and Patrik Nguyen
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We are a family with two daughters .. my partner is working but we don’t have too much money for a wedding..we are citizens but it’s not easy here. We have been living here five years and we want stay here for life. We would be very happy to have a wedding here..my daughters want to see me like a princess.
Love, happiness, joy.
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Kate Gotham and Daryl Grigg
Kaz and Ben
I would like to win the prize because my life is to make her happy, everything I do is for her smile and this would make her smile forever. Watching her come down the aisle would complete me, I love her unconditionally.
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Kelly Tyler and Daniel Sturrock
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We have been together for six years. We met at 15, Dan moved away and we re-connected on Facebook. He moved back from Scotland and six years later he proposed on the local radio and featured us on the front page of the Cornish Times in January 2014.
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I’d love the chance to marry my boyfriend. We met over ten years ago when we were 15 and grew up together. He was my first love and we met again over a year ago and have been together ever since. He’s the love of my life and I’d love the opportunity to be able to surprise him and have a wedding. You would make my dream, our dream, come true if we won. We can’t afford a wedding yet even though we’re engaged.
Kelly Williams and Jamie Best
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Me and Jamie have been together 10 years now and engaged for four years. We have two children, Lily who is six in May, and Daisy who will be three this October. It would be lovely to have our wedding all paid for as we always put our children first before ourselves so never seem to have enough money to be able to save to get married. It would be lovely for myself to have the same name as Jamie and my two girls too.
Laura Molloy and Neil Williams
Laura Liddiard and David Roberts Our daughter is very forward for her age. She’s decided that it’s time for Mummy and Daddy to get hitched and she asked especially that her Mummy has the same name as her. Can you make her and our wishes come true? We really hope that you can help us.
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We have been together for six years and have two children, one 10 weeks and one four years old. With a mortgage, bills and children, money is always spent on other things. I’ve lost count on how many times our four-year-old asks me why my name is different to his. So please help us all be a Williams.
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Lisa Henderson and Jamie Carter
Lee and I have been together for 12 years. We would love to win, as Lee has just set up his own business and winning our wedding would take the stress out of everything. Getting married this year would be a dream come true.
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Lynne Summerfield and Jamie Rivers
Margrethe Mulder and Bryan Ferguson
I lost a baby last year (which would have been due this month) and this would be a perfect start to this year. This would be the ultimate thing for Jamie, myself, and two sons. A new start for our family Thank you x
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This prize would truly last our lifetime. Not only will it make our year but a long-awaited and wanted celebration for family and friends. Our first baby together is due in June, so to also get married would be absolutely incredible! All our dreams could come true in 2015.
I met the love of my life nearly two years ago; destiny brought us together and I would love to give him the best wedding he could ever wish for. We met, had a coffee, and moved in together the next day...our lucky day is Friday 13th.
Melanie Williams and Carmeno Cacchione
Marie Carpenter and Alistair Caldwell
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Ian and I met two weeks before my 17th birthday and have been together ever since. We’ve had our partying days, holidays, bought a flat and have had three beautiful children. Now all we need is to be wed! Our children have both our surnames as marriage has never been discussed ‘seriously...!’ Hopefully this competition could change all of that...
Louise Lewis and Lee Smith
Jamie and I would love to get married but sadly can’t afford to. We’ve been together 10 years and engaged for three years with two beautiful children together. To win this competition would be a dream come true!
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Leanne Donnelly and Ian Mackie
Laura Coutts and Jed Lye Laura took me on as a single parent, and my two young children, five years ago. She’s loved and supported us since, even whilst earning her degree. As a mature student going into research it’s unlikely I’ll afford to propose any time soon, but she deserves this more than anyone.
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We have been trying to save for a wedding for five years now but something happens to eat into that money. Mel has given me two beautiful children and I would love to make her dream come true and make her my bride and have a full set of Cacchiones.
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Michelle Beardon and John Watson
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Miranda Mills and Andy Berry
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We are a couple who finally found each other later in our lives. I have overcome serious illness. We entered last year and instead of getting married as we'd hoped, I gave birth to a surprise baby on November 9. Finalising this happiness would mean the world :-)
Would just be nice to marry my partner after 10 years together but have known him since primary school. We have two lovely children and would love to make our family complete x.
After meeting in Plymouth in 2007, a student and a sailor, we have spent a lot of time apart. Leaving the Navy in 2013 so we could start a family, unfortunately Richard found it difficult to settle and find work, and went to Egypt. Recently returning home, desperate not to be parted again, we would like to make our dreams come true.
Natasha Leigh and Ben Pickering
We were childhood sweethearts aged 13 and 15, rekindled our love one and a half years ago; five children, two marriages and 27 years later...
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Natasha Eke and Mathew Surtees Natasha and I would like to win this competition because we have both gone through our fair share of hardships in life. We would love to finally have our dream come true and begin the next stage of our life journey together.
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Paula and Steve
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We have been together for 13 years and engaged for five. We have three beautiful daughters who would love to be princesses for the day. They always comment that we aren’t a proper family until we get married and all have the same name, which we want so much
Nikita Rice and Gavin Shelton
Me and my partner have just recently got engaged at Christmas and would love to have a dream wedding that we both want, so this would really help.
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Nicola Ransley and Daniel Cook
I always wanted to get married at 25 and November 21, 2015, just so happens to be my 25th birthday! Two young people saving for a mortgage and wedding is no easy task. This would be a dream come true for the both of us.
Natasha Woodward and Richard Byrnes
We’ve been together since 2010 and engaged since 2011. Ben was in the Army and made a 640-mile round trip every weekend to see me. He made me believe in love again. Our son was born with a rare heart defect; that terrible time made us stronger and we became best friends. Ben now works in Plymouth and our baby girl is due in April. We’re saving for a larger house and plan to marry in 2017. Marrying sooner would make all of our dreams come true.
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Nicki James and Dwain Mulcahy
We have been engaged for three years; we also have three children and are finding it hard to raise the money to finally tie the knot. It would mean so much to win this prize and marry the love of my life.
Natalie Lewis and Joseph Bishop
Natalie Brennan and Shaun Masters
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We’re a strange couple, like chalk and cheese, but we love each other and have a laugh. We have five children between us and we’ve had our fair share of bad luck and hoping things are starting to go right. I want to give Shell the wedding she deserves
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Natassja Ward and Ross Burgess
Michelle Jones and Peter Turner
I’d love to win the prize to give my partner/fiance the wedding of his dreams, as he has given up so much for me, i.e., his job etc, to be my full-time carer, which means we are only on benefits and I can’t give him a wedding to remember.
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We’ve been together over ten years and managed by ourselves to afford a deposit towards a mortgage only three years ago. We want children desperately but have always dreamed of doing it right and getting married first – but we are both nearly 30 now and no money for wedding in sight.
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Rachael Drury and Luke Anderton
Rachael Darby and Graham Lang
Luke and I have been together for nearly five years. We have two beautiful sons, a wonderful home and a lovely life. Getting married feels like the last piece of the puzzle and now feels like the right time for us, but financially we are unable to make this dream a reality.
Rachael and I are set to get married very cheaply on October 9. I know that she has lowered her sights because of my reluctance to spend a lot of money on just one day. I would love to surprise her with this.
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Michelle Beardon and John Watson
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Miranda Mills and Andy Berry
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We are a couple who finally found each other later in our lives. I have overcome serious illness. We entered last year and instead of getting married as we'd hoped, I gave birth to a surprise baby on November 9. Finalising this happiness would mean the world :-)
Would just be nice to marry my partner after 10 years together but have known him since primary school. We have two lovely children and would love to make our family complete x.
After meeting in Plymouth in 2007, a student and a sailor, we have spent a lot of time apart. Leaving the Navy in 2013 so we could start a family, unfortunately Richard found it difficult to settle and find work, and went to Egypt. Recently returning home, desperate not to be parted again, we would like to make our dreams come true.
Natasha Leigh and Ben Pickering
We were childhood sweethearts aged 13 and 15, rekindled our love one and a half years ago; five children, two marriages and 27 years later...
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Natasha Eke and Mathew Surtees Natasha and I would like to win this competition because we have both gone through our fair share of hardships in life. We would love to finally have our dream come true and begin the next stage of our life journey together.
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Paula and Steve
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We have been together for 13 years and engaged for five. We have three beautiful daughters who would love to be princesses for the day. They always comment that we aren’t a proper family until we get married and all have the same name, which we want so much
Nikita Rice and Gavin Shelton
Me and my partner have just recently got engaged at Christmas and would love to have a dream wedding that we both want, so this would really help.
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Nicola Ransley and Daniel Cook
I always wanted to get married at 25 and November 21, 2015, just so happens to be my 25th birthday! Two young people saving for a mortgage and wedding is no easy task. This would be a dream come true for the both of us.
Natasha Woodward and Richard Byrnes
We’ve been together since 2010 and engaged since 2011. Ben was in the Army and made a 640-mile round trip every weekend to see me. He made me believe in love again. Our son was born with a rare heart defect; that terrible time made us stronger and we became best friends. Ben now works in Plymouth and our baby girl is due in April. We’re saving for a larger house and plan to marry in 2017. Marrying sooner would make all of our dreams come true.
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Nicki James and Dwain Mulcahy
We have been engaged for three years; we also have three children and are finding it hard to raise the money to finally tie the knot. It would mean so much to win this prize and marry the love of my life.
Natalie Lewis and Joseph Bishop
Natalie Brennan and Shaun Masters
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We’re a strange couple, like chalk and cheese, but we love each other and have a laugh. We have five children between us and we’ve had our fair share of bad luck and hoping things are starting to go right. I want to give Shell the wedding she deserves
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Natassja Ward and Ross Burgess
Michelle Jones and Peter Turner
I’d love to win the prize to give my partner/fiance the wedding of his dreams, as he has given up so much for me, i.e., his job etc, to be my full-time carer, which means we are only on benefits and I can’t give him a wedding to remember.
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We’ve been together over ten years and managed by ourselves to afford a deposit towards a mortgage only three years ago. We want children desperately but have always dreamed of doing it right and getting married first – but we are both nearly 30 now and no money for wedding in sight.
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Rachael Drury and Luke Anderton
Rachael Darby and Graham Lang
Luke and I have been together for nearly five years. We have two beautiful sons, a wonderful home and a lovely life. Getting married feels like the last piece of the puzzle and now feels like the right time for us, but financially we are unable to make this dream a reality.
Rachael and I are set to get married very cheaply on October 9. I know that she has lowered her sights because of my reluctance to spend a lot of money on just one day. I would love to surprise her with this.
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Rhianne Flint and Lee Donald
Rachel Craker and Michael Brooks
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Together for six years, I popped the question on Christmas Day 2013, in a lovely romantic setting. I left rose petals in the shape of an arrow pointing her to me and I was on one knee, absolutely ecstatic that she agreed to be my wife. Rachel is the true love of my life and I want to give her everything she has dreamed of. We booked a wedding for August but had to cancel due to financial difficulties.
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Roxanne Ward and Jamie Elliot
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Sally Rowe and Ian Byrne
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Myself and Sally recently had to leave our lovely home town of Plymouth, due to alternative employment. We take Plymouth with us on our Plymouth Bus! To win this prize would be totally amazing: from being a paper boy aged 13, I have read the Herald every day since!
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We have been together for five years and engaged for three. I’m currently studying at Plymouth University. Callum is in the midst of changing jobs so this means we now have a lower income and can no longer save for a wedding. We have been trying to save for a wedding for three years but things just keep popping up. So hopefully we can catch a break and win a wedding and I can finally be married to the love of my life, Callum.
Sam Phipps and Jordan Spiller
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Samantha Hookway and David Wilson We would like to win the prize because we were due to get married some three years ago but the ability to afford a wedding was put on hold indefinitely due to finding out we were expecting twins. Maisie and Emily were subsequently born in May 2012.
We have been together since August 2009, since we were 15! We have two children together and have been engaged since February 2011. We have been through a lot together but always come out stronger and more In love! We would love to be a proper family!
Sabrina Sacker and Callum Green
Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favourite. After losing our beautiful daughter last year, our life fell apart. The love and strength we found in one another, means no matter what happens… we'll face it together.
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We’ve been together four years, and have a five-month-old daughter. We would like to win as now the baby is here we can’t afford to get married, but would love to complete our family with the perfect day for everyone. I’m an HCA at Derriford Hospital and Sam is a cleaner.
Samantha Whiting and Trevor Hooper
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As primary carers for my grandad (aged 82), it would mean the world for us to win so that he can be present at our wedding. Life can be short and you never know what can happen and we want a wedding surrounded by the people we love the most.
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We have been together for over 25 years. We have four amazing kids and a dog whom we are very proud of. We are happy and healthy and would like to share an exciting day with family and friends. The look on their faces would be priceless!
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Shanice Rogers and Daniel Reed
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We have been together coming up to six years in May this year and we’ve been engaged for two-anda-half years. We have two beautiful children, Harley, three, and Elsie seven-and-a-half months. We would absolutely love to complete our little family unit by getting married! It would mean the world to us!
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I love my partner so much, we’ve been together since New Year’s Eve millennium. We bought a house and had children but never managed to save enough for our wedding. I’d like to give her the best wedding but fear we would never afford it otherwise.
Sian Harris and Gareth Healy
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Sophie Wreford and Matthew Brimacombe I and my partner have been inseparable for just over two years, after meeting at work. We are now a family of three with our beautiful little girl. Winning this competition would be a dream come true for the both of us, as we’d love a big family wedding.
A whirlwind romance! Extreme dates: 1. sailed to Drake’s Island for a picnic. 2.Lunch in Jersey on the Queen’s yacht. 3. Notting Hill carnival. Ross proposed on Christmas Day, and created a treasure hunt around the house on a quest to find eternal love We really can’t wait to get married.
Sarah Louise Hawkins and Kris Jones
Sarah Howells and Chris Francombe
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Sarah Chapman and Scott Terry We would like to win this prize because we have been engaged for a year on the 18th of April and we have both had a rough year and would love to brighten up the year by getting married. We stick together through thick and thin. Soulmates isn’t the word for the bond we have.
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Gareth and I were friends for over 15 years and finally together and engaged. He's everything I wish for and as much as we want our perfect day, it means more who is there. Nothing ever happens for us really luck wise but we can all but try, so our family can witness a lovable moment and win a absolute dream – we deserve it so so much.
Sophie Brown and Lee Davies Me and Lee would love to win this competition. We have so many plans about our wedding to make our plans and dreams come alive after everything that’s happened. We have always had to put it on hold. Fingers crossed for us.
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Sophie Elvin and Scott Wieprecht
Stacey Todd and Ian Owen
Sophie is a princess, and needs a wedding where she can be treated like one, which we can’t afford to have. Please help me give her the fairy-tale ending she deserves.
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Stacey Town and Raymond Morris
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We have been together since we were 11 years old. We have two beautiful children but are unable to afford our dream day due to our four-old-daughter having a rare disorder, and our two-year-old son is deaf.We would love to get married now, to see our daughter walk down the aisle looking like a beautiful princess. Please consider us: it would be an amazing day for us to remember as a family.
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Jason and I have been together for nearly three years and he is my Prince Charming. He is an amazing dad to our girls and works to support us all so we have all got what we need. I have always dreamed about my big white wedding; the only thing stopping us is no matter how much we work we struggle to save; our children come first. I would love to win so we can get the day we both deserve.
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I am a student in my second year at uni and my fiance is a chef. He gave me a beautiful proposal in Amsterdam and we feel like we deserve a wedding just as beautiful but sadly are very short of funds.
Terresa Mitchell and Danny Grant
Tanya Parsons and Spencer Owen We have been together 10 years, were not even engaged, yet I would love to ask him and surprise him with a dream wedding, else it will take another 10 years for him to ask me and another 10 to even pay for a wedding .
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Buying our first home, engaged in South Africa at Christmas with family. Work for the same company and cherish every moment together. Never won a competition. Exciting times ahead, would like to have our perfect special day to make our perfect life together complete.
Steph Baker and Jason Adamson
Suzanne Smith and Rhys Barnes-Smith I proposed to my fiancé Suzanne in May 2014 on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland Paris. As I have recently graduated from university, funds are tight, but I would love to give Suzanne the wedding she deserves and have the wedding of our dreams.
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I would love to win this amazing deal for Danny and myself; we have been together for a long time and he treats me like a princess. I have never been treated as amazingly as I have been treated in the years I’ve been with him. I just want to thank him and have our own wedding, OUR own special day.I just want to show Danny how happy he’s made me and how much I appreciate him. This would be an unbelievable dream.
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We have been engaged for seven years now; in that time Victoria has given birth to two fantastic children and moved house twice. Despite our engagement dragging on she has never once grumbled about only having one ring on that finger. I want to to give her the wedding she deserves.
Gemma Collins and Jack Vine
There was a young couple from Plymouth in Devon, who couldn't save enough for wedding heaven, she was a student and he was a plumbing farmer, so all they could afford for a feast was chevon!
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We have been together for seven years; we met in school when we were 16 and still have an amazing relationship. We have a little eightmonth-old daughter and only recently got engaged; now we would love to get married to make our family complete! Please pick us!
Kelly Forster and (partner’s name not supplied)
Hannah Murphy and Anton Jesuthasan Me and my partner have been engaged for three years and are looking to get married soon. We have three dogs and a lovely house and would love the opportunity to become husband and wife :)
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We’ve been together for five years and in that time we’ve conquered one graduation, two house moves, two new jobs and two new babies (one of whom was born in our car!). Winning would be the perfect way to celebrate our relationship and the start of an amazing future together
Victoria Beard and Ben Charles
Sarah Greenwood and Paul Davies
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Vicki McAteer and Steven McAteer
Tonya Gregory and Will Welsh We each found our soul mate, completed each other and always there, wipe tears of joy or sorrow with love and affection. And to fufil our wish would be to have both of our ill grandmas (Alzheimers and cancer) there to complete our dream and have an amazing future together.
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My partner and I have been together for four years. We got engaged May '14. He has been a fantastic father to my autistic son aged ten and we have two children aged 1 and 2. It would be a dream come true if we could win this amazing wedding.
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Laura Wilton and Sean Davies
Kelly Macintyre and Matthew Wakeham
Winning the prize won’t change the way we feel about each other or how we as a couple work, though it will allow us to make more beautiful memories to add to the ones we already have. True love is hard to find, but we have.
Matt and I have been together 10 years this December and are still very much in love. We have been saving for many years to buy our own home and last year we finally got on to the property ladder. Our next dream is to be happily married.
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Emma Ryan and John Harrison
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I have been with my girlfriend Sara for eight years.We love the outdoors. I love riding and extreme sports, Sara loves animals and is now a dog sitter and walker. Sara is seeing friends getting married and is always the bridesmaid. On her birthday I bought her a mobile phone, and put an engagement ring in the case...All she does now is look at wedding venues and dresses. What a dream for her to win this – and lovely for me too.
We have had a little girl who is now 15 months old who has just started to walk, so it would be magical to see her walk down with me to her amazing father so I can have the surname Boylan and we can be a proper family.
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Nadine Curtis and Jason Milne
Jennifer Allen and Kyle Tripp
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Love had always landed me flat on my face until I met Kyle. He has not only shown me how much he loves me, but taught me to love myself again. We don’t have much, but what we have we cherish. Optimism sometimes prevails. He gave me that.
After eight years and two beautiful children together we’ve tried to save but having children can make that difficult and our children always come first. But we know this is it; there will be no one else for us and we would love to share that with our loved ones.
Stephanie Abbott and Joseph Boylan
Sara Teal and Joe Landricombe
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I have been with Nadine since age 14 – definite childhood sweethearts! She has provided me with a gorgeous daughter and there is nothing more I want than for her to have a magical wedding day! I am truly a very lucky guy to have her in my life!
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Katie Smith and Paul Burgess
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Joanna Brown and Ross Hart
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Ross proposed to me on the 26th July 2014, the day we moved into our first home together. However, buying the house means that we have had to put planning our wedding day on hold. Winning the competition and getting married would complete everything for us.
We have been together for three years and 2014 brought us our very own house together. I leave Steve daily hints to which he replies ‘we can't afford to get married!’ This would make our dreams come true and Steve wouldn't be able to say no! :)
Donna Williams and Dave Hammond
Hayley King and Chris Dignand I am a mum of five and also a nanny to my gorgeous grandson. I met my partner two years ago; he’s been the best support to me.It would be my children’s wish to make us a proper family, which we have never had, for us to get married.
As maid of honour I felt I should apply for them. This couple are both so kind, caring, loyal and bubbly. Always smiling. They have defied the odds together. They deserve the icing on the cake – this lovely wedding. They would love this to celebrate their big day with their family.
Rachel Newport and Steve Smeeth
Me and my Paul have been together for over two years now. We have a beautiful daughter and we would love a dream wedding but our focus is on our little girl, who is only 10 months old.
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Hannah Dickinson and Paul Snell
Christina Hudson and Adam Farley Adam and I met at the Evening Herald Business Awards 2013. We got engaged (after a surprise treasure hunt) on Christmas Eve and can't wait to get married. Despite both having full-time jobs we find it hard to save for a wedding as we have a young family.
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We've been together nine years and have two beautiful children. We started falling for each other in school back in 1995 across our maths desk. Family and friends would love to see us married but financial struggles have stopped us. I just want Donna to have her dream day she deserves.
Tracey Willis and Alex Bluett We have two beautiful boys that would love for their mummy and daddy to get married.
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Rachel Pook and Lee Santillo
Leah Ward and Ben Lewis Me and Leah ( aka Beneah ) have been childhood sweethearts since the age of 16 and spent 10 happy years together. Winning this wedding would give Leah her dream wedding, and best of all, I would not have to plan a thing.
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April Stephens and Arron Skews
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I have been with my partner Lee for 10 years. We had our precious daughter in September 2014, we've also had a mortgage since 2012. We love each other so much but due to the mortgage, general cost of living and our daughter it’s very unaffordable for us. Please help us.
Josie Scobling and Lisa McLernon
I have had some ups and downs in my life and I've finally found the man of my dreams five years ago. We have a little boy, James, who is 18 months old. He is our life. It would be a dream come true to have a white wedding, please.
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As little girls, we grew up dreaming of big weddings with stunning dresses. In 2012 we became best friends and fell in love. Friends realised before we did; we were in denial! Now thoughts are on saving for future IVF treatment to have children, a lavish wedding a distant dream.
Stacey Jamieson and Lewis Stokes
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I asked my girlfriend to marry me in Fuerteventura in August 2014; we have currently just bought a house so money is very tight, but I know that she has always wanted a big wedding so I wanted to enter this to see if I can make her dreams come true!
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Last year’s competition winners, Hayley Adams and Lee Teale, were blown away by their prize wedding. Hayley said: “The whole process has been amazing. I still can’t really get over what the providers have given to us and all of them have gone above and beyond. It’s absolutely nuts and it’s gone so fast but it has been brilliant.”
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■ captionWINNERS’ here THE 2014 WEDDING: Hayley Adams and Lee Teale
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