A same-sex couple who said they were turned down 31 times to be married in a church have finally tied the knot.
On the 32nd time of calling churches in the south east Shane Yerrell, 39, and David Sparrey, 30, were finally given the green light.
The pair, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, had the ceremony at Wansted United Reformed Church in East London, last month, the Bristol Post reports.