Married in Cape Town were Mark Charles Dowson and Nicola Gayle Foster.

Mark - a branch manager with PTS plumbers' merchants - is the elder son of Victor and Irene Dowson, of Riddlesden.

Nicola - an analyst with Bradford & Bingley plc - is the elder daughter of David and Collette Foster, of Gilstead.

The bride wore a cream bodice with gold embroidery, a long cream raw silk skirt and gold voile drape.

She carried a bouquet of white lilies, roses, gypsophila, eucalyptus and grasses.