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A bride who fulfilled her dying wish of marrying her sweetheart after being told she had terminal cancer has died just five days after her dream wedding.

Lorraine Marsh, 53, had planned to wed fiance Shane Green, 54, next summer, but when she visited the doctor on November 13, she was told she was dying.

Despite thinking she was just going to have gallstones removed, the mother-of-three left with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer that had spread to her liver.

After hearing the devastating news, the couple decided to bring their wedding date forward from July next year and friends and family rallied round to donate £2,300 to pay for the big occasion.

A local firm even gave Mrs Green an ivory chiffon wedding dresses brisbane and tiara to wear for the ceremony which took place last Friday.

Nottingham City Council agreed to let them hold the ceremony at the Council House at short notice, and the wedding was planned in just seven days.

The rest of the donated money was going to be used to pay for a honeymoon and an early Christmas for the couple, who have seven children and five grandchildren from previous marriages.

But Lorraine was taken ill at the couple's home in Long Eaton, Derbyshire on Sunday and paramedics rushed her to Royal Derby Hospital.

She passed away yesterday surrounded by family who played her wedding song 'For Your Precious Love' by Otis Redding.

Leading the tributes, husband Shane - who works for an industrial cleaning company - said today: 'She was a lovely lady. People met her and fell in love with her.

'She put everyone else first. I was glad she was happy to be married - it made her day.'

Mrs Green's devastated daughter Sophie Shepherd, 22, said: 'I'm over the moon she got married. It's made all of us happy to see she got her final wish.

'We are so thankful to have had such a good mother and we hope to be half as good a parent as our mum. She has been an amazing role model and the perfect mum. We couldn't ask for anything better.'

Mrs Green's 11-year-old son, Harry Marsh, said: 'She was the kindest woman. I'm being strong.'

Mrs Green first met Shane when they were children and three years ago their paths crossed again and fell in love.

Mrs Green had initially suspected her health issues were due to gallstones as she had had her gallbladder removed in September.

So when she went to the doctors on November 13, she simply thought she would need another gallstone removed.

But following tests at Royal Derby Hospital, she was told she had pancreatic cancer, and that it was terminal.

Mr Green said: I thought she was just going in to have another gall stone removed.

'When we found out the news, it just broke us, we were just numb. But I'm over the moon - ecstatic - to marry her.

'We are going to make the most of every minute and be positive.'

Mr and Mrs Green had known each other as children, but were reintroduced after she split with her previous husband and Mr Green's wife died.

They have been together for three years and were due to marry at the plush Welbeck Suite in West Bridgford, Nottingham, on June 18 next year, but had to bring plans forward last week.

Last Friday, more than 100 people attended their wedding.

Speaking after the ceremony, Mrs Green said: 'It's been absolutely outstanding - my wish came true.

'Shane is my soulmate. It was really emotional.'

'I can't believe how generous people have been. I don't think the news has really sunk in, though I do think it's unfair. Cancer is such a cruel disease.'

All of the couple's seven children and five grandchildren from previous marriages were present at the ceremony, which was planned in just seven days, at the Council House in Nottingham.

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