A Gloucestershire couple who spent £4,000 on a Caribbean wedding are not legally married – because of a spelling mistake.

Mike Goodhall and Heidi Loader, from Tewkesbury, have spent the past six months trying to rectify the problem, reports the Times.

A clerk in the Dominican Republic, where the couple were married on a beach, spelt Mr Goodhall’s surname with an ‘e’ instead of the first ‘l’.

Mr Goodhall, 37, and Ms Loader, 34, returned the certificate asking for it to be amended but travel agents Thomas Cook said it had been lost along with the record of their booking.

As a result, Ms Loader has been unable to get a passport or credit card in her married name.

A spokeswoman for Thomas Cook said that it was still investigating whether it was responsible for losing the wedding certificate.

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