A POPULAR vicar will finally tie the knot at his own church tomorrow (Saturday), bringing to an end his two-year search for a wife.

Rev Robert Hampson will marry Florence Adams at Holy Trinity in South Woodford at 2pm surrounded by family and friends.

The 50-year-old hit the headlines in January 2008 when this newspaper put out an appeal for women in the borough to go out with the dashing but lonely 6ft Essex boy.

After a string of dates, Redbridge's most eligible bachelor finally began dating Florence, 43, last summer and has not looked back since.