HISTORY will be made at the Sparth House Hotel, Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, tomorrow when the first wedding is held.

Rishton couple Denise Topham and John Kelly will tie the knot in the oak room at the 10-year-old hotel, recently granted a wedding licence by Hyndburn Council.

Sixteen weddings have been booked at the hotel in recent weeks.

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