Two Shropshire firefighters, who fell in love at first sight, have made it to the final three of a competition to win their dream wedding worth £35,000.

Jon Temple, 40, a watch manager for Telford Central, and his fiancee Mia Wood, who works as a community fire safety officer in Stourbridge, were chosen out of 8,000 entries to make it to the final of Heart 100.7′s wedding competition.

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Now Jon,of Herongate, Shrewsbury, and Mia, 30, of Victoria Road, Bridgnorth, need the support of Shropshire when voting starts today (Monday).

People can vote for them at www.heart.co.uk and the couple with the most votes by Friday will win the wedding at Warwick Castle, with everything from the bride’s dress, rings, flowers and photographer and a honeymoon to Australia.

Mia, mum to Brandon, eight, and Ethan, seven, said it meant everything to the couple, who have been through some tough times in their four years together.

She said: “We met through the fire service. He came on standby to Bridgnorth where I was based. I walked in and he was there and we looked at each other and that was it.

“But it was not until six months later that we went out on the same night and we have not looked back since.” Mia had to stop fighting fires after two major operations.

“I went to hospital to have a hysterectomy and when I woke up, Jon was holding my hand. He is really sweet and is really good with the two boys,” she said.

The couple got engaged in February after they had saved up for three years for a trip to the Maldives.

“He proposed to me on a deserted beach in the middle of the sea. I had only been teasing him the week before that he was not very romantic,” she said.

Mia said it meant everything to the couple to get married at Warwick Castle.

She said: “We have gone through so much and we just want to be a family. We would be the first people to get married in Warwick Castle and Jon’s dad Edwin Peter Temple is buried at the church outside so we would walk past him on our wedding day.”

By Rebecca Lawrence