Half of kids want a rise
WEATHERMAN Owain Wyn Evans married boyfriend Arran Rees in a day dominated by Welsh cakes. The couple had asked their families to bring a homely feel to proceedings – but they almost ended up drowning in pice bach.
“We asked our families to help out with Welsh touches,” Owain said. “You should have seen the amount of Welsh cakes. We had 160 people there in the evening but we catered for 500. There were cakes and bara brith everywhere. There were hundreds of Welsh cakes. We were entrenched in Welsh cakes.”
The 33-year-old and his 28-yearold beau, who works for the V&A, struggled to find room for them.
“We had to think about the logistics because of the sheer mass of Welsh cakes,” the BBC presenter said.
“They were stored away and we were replenishing them as they went down. We went to collect our stuff after and the lady said ‘We’ve still got some Welsh cakes.’
“We took them and now my freezer is full of them and bara brith.”
After the service, at Wandsworth Town Hall, the couple took to the streets in a double-ecker decorated with white ribbons and headed for the reception at Brunswick House.
“We booked an old Routemaster to take us to Vauxhall,” Owain said.
“It was an old vintage bus and because London is full of tourists people saw this thing with white ribbons on and were snapping pictures.
“It was a nice touch to the day. The Prosecco was in full flow on the bus.”
The pair planned for the service to be “as short as possible”.
“We wanted to get it done,” Owain said. “We were there to celebrate the wedding and wanted to have some food and party. So we chose the shortest possible ceremony.
The two wanted to “keep the celebration for the party rather than all the romance of walkingg down the aisle”.
“The emphasis was on havingg a good time,” Owain said.
Both of their families came e for the big day – Owain’s from m Ammanford and Arran’s from m Merthyr.
“Over the years you meet a lotot of people but there are alwaysys the people who are important to you.
“We had the best time because se all the people we wanted therere were there.”
But Owain admitted therere were tears on the big day.
The BBC Look North preesenter said: “I thought I would d be the one to set things off but ut it was Arran. There were a lott of tears.”
Owain’s gran could not get t there but managed to keep inn touch thanks to the internet.
Because there is no tradi- tion of gay weddings Owain said “you can do whatever you like”.
“We walked in together, my mum was part of it, and my father was a witness,” Owain said. “They loved it and said it was one of the happiest days of their lives.” POCKET money is at its highest level since 2007 – but almost half of children think they should be getting more.
Parents are handing out an average of £7.04 a week, 7% more than last year’s average of £6.55, according to the Halifax annual pocket money survey.
This year’s sum represents a 500% increase from the £1.13 many of their parents would have been receiving in 1987.
Despite that almost half of children think they should be getting more, while 15% of children believe they receive the same or less than their parents did.
In 2007 children received an average of £8.01, they pocketed £8.20 in 2006, and in 2005 they received a cool £8.37.
The British tradition of piggy banks is alive and well, with eight out of 10 children using one to save.
The research is based on a survey of 1,203 children aged eight to 15, and 606 parents with children up to the age of 15.