A pair of friends who met at school have married - after spending 45 years apart

Two childhood friends who "fancied each other" at school but never dated have finally married after spending 45 years apart.

Andrew and Karen Wilson, both now 59, were first introduced when they were "practically forced" together in first year at secondary school in 1971. The couple were originally "disappointed" when they were told to sit next to each other in their registration class because they "were the two stragglers" at Riversmead School, in Cheshunt, Herts.,