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A 900-year-old Essex custom where married couples have to prove their love to a jury, will be led by a woman for the very first time.

Laura Cohen will carry the "flitch" - or side - of bacon, during the Dunmow Flitch trials in July. The ceremony, which is held every four years in Great Dunmow, Essex, sees couples cross-examined under oath about their relationship.

Picture credit: Helen Haines.