A POUNDBURY couple had their perfect day at the end of a challenging year.

Dorset solicitor and mediator Tara Briggs married security consultant and former marine Jon Knight at a ceremony at Manor Park in Yeovil on August 19.

The couple met two and a half years ago to the day of the wedding.

Tara’s daughter Hope was one of the bridesmaids and Jon’s son Jarrad was an usher.

The couple said that it was a lovely end to a bad year.

Tara had breast cancer last year and her final surgery was in August 2010.

She then had to have chemotherapy until December 2010 and Jon lost his mother suddenly in November 2010.

The couple went to Springfield Country House Hotel in Wareham for one night after the wedding and the celebrations extended over the weekend as Tara’s 40th birthday was on Sunday August 21.

The bride and groom are planning on taking a honeymoon to Thailand.