THE owner of Flamingo Land, Gordon Gibb, was married at the weekend in a ceremony at a Ryedale village church.

Mr Gibb, who is also chairman of Bradford City, married Victoria Binnington at St Lawrence's Church, at Kirby Misperton, near Malton.

The bride wore a traditional white, sleeveless two-piece wedding dress, while Mr Gibb, a Scot, was clad in a kilt. The village choir sang at Saturday's service, which was attended by more than 140 friends, family and local residents.

The group then gathered at Flamingo Land for a traditional Scottish reception, where guests dined on Aberdeen Angus beef, Scottish salmon, haggis and "neeps and tatties".

Mr Gibb's sister, Melanie, who is Flamingo Land's marketing director, said: "It was a lovely day. We wish them well and hope they enjoy a long and very happy marriage.

"They both work extremely hard so we hope they enjoy their honeymoon and come back refreshed."

The couple have been together for about a year, and met through work, as Victoria designs themes for theme park rides. They are currently on a two-week honeymoon in the Seychelles.

Meanwhile, Justine Swailes will never forget the day Philip Fisher proposed - he sprang the surprise on top of one of York's most famous landmarks. The couple, from Stamford Bridge, had been discussing marriage for "a while", said Philip, 30. So he contacted English Heritage to see if they would keep Clifford's Tower open for an extra ten minutes yesterday for him to pop the question. After Philip had gone down on one knee, Justine said the magic word - "Yes."

He said: "I'm really pleased and a bit relieved as well. I thought I was on quite safe ground, we've spoken about marriage a few times, but I still got a few nerves."

Justine, 29, said: "I really had no idea. When I got here I started to suspect something, but my mum said we were coming to watch The Canterbury Tales here, I wasn't expecting this. I am really, really happy, it's brilliant."

Updated: 10:38 Monday, June 16, 2003