A GAY couple have become the first in the city to marry.
Jo Cooper and Franca Campagna of Chaddesden officially tied the knot today at Derby Register Office at the Market Place.
The pair, who both work as support workers at Derby College, started dating in 2008 after knowing each other for many years.
Same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales at midnight on Saturday, March 29.
Jo said: "We had a civil partnership planned and were looking forward to that but then when the bill came through we said 'let's hang fire' and have a marriage. I feel very chuffed that we are the first gay couple in Derby to get married. It's something that makes us very proud."
Franca said: "Jo is very caring and funny and it was that which attracted me to her. We are both very similar in ourselves and do a lot of random things that we both understand."
The leader of Derby City Council, Councillor Paul Bayliss, was among the guests at the ceremony. He said: "I would like to wish Joanna and Franca a very happy life together as wife and wife."
