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image captionJeff Thomas and Pauline Murray met on a blind date at a pub
A widow is due to marry her second soul mate at a care home after 18 years together.
Jeff Thomas, 72, has been living at Abbeydale Nursing Home in Derby since September after being diagnosed with incurable lung cancer.
He popped the question to Pauline Murray, also 72, last month.
The wedding is due to take place on Wednesday with a small number of guests after a special licence was granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The hastily-arranged service will be conducted by Reverend Peter Barham, the vicar of St Edmund s Church in Allestree, who successfully applied for the licence.