COUPLES celebrating their golden wedding anniversaries this year are invited to a special cathedral service.

Fifty years of wedded bliss will be marked at the service of blessing and thanksgiving at Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, on Sunday, June 16.

The event, which has attracted hundreds of people in recent years, is open to couples from across the region.

Anyone wanting further information should write to the Reverend Peter Dodson, the Chapter House, Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1PE, or telephone (01765) 602053