Just a perfect day!

That's the only way Bob Cooper, 38, and his new wife Karen, 35, of Jaywick, could describe their whirlwind wedding.

The lovestruck couple only went out on their first date in June and Mr Cooper proposed to Karen the same evening.

Mr Cooper, who lived in Hampshire, was in Clacton to celebrate his son's sixth birthday.

He said: "We had a beautiful day, it was just perfect and my lady was gorgeous."

After the ceremony it was back to a hall in Jaywick where the couple celebrated with family and friends.

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