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Alan's on a high after wedding ceremony

WHY did Darlington MP and former Cabinet Minister Alan Milburn choose to marry 12,000 feet high, up the Rocky Mountains in Colorado?

He and new wife Ruth Briel wanted to conduct their own ceremony.

And a quirk in the local state law means that you can do so - if the wedding takes place high above sea level.

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