PROSPECTIVE brides and grooms descended on a York hotel to check out the latest in wedding fashion in a major exhibition.

Hundreds of couples turned out at the Moat House Hotel for the Evening Press Spring Wedding Fair yesterday.

Nearly 40 exhibitors, specialising in everything from wedding insurance to the big-day discos, were on hand to help visitors plan their nuptials.

Models from the Louise Morton agency, in Huddersfield, put on a show of wedding fashions in front of a captivated audience.

Events co-ordinator Wendy Neale said: "It is always a good day. This event has been three months in the planning.

"People started queuing up to half-an-hour before we opened and we were expecting loads of visitors.

"We had 39 exhibitors covering the whole of the wedding experience. This is one of our biggest exhibitions."

Updated: 11:07 Monday, March 10, 2003