A DOUBLE celebration is in order for an accountant who got married and passed all his exams.

Andrew Bates, of Morlands Avenue, Leigh, married Melanie Waterworth, and now the 22 year old has just qualified as a certified accountant.

The former Hesketh Fletcher pupil gained eight GCSEs at high school and four A-levels at Wigan and Leigh College.

He joined DTE Business Advisory Services Ltd in 1997 as a trainee accountant.