A record number of same-sex couples in Northumberland got married in 2022, new figures show.

It comes as more same-sex marriages took place across England and Wales than in any year since it became legalised in 2014.

Campaign group Out4Marriage said the rapid growth rate of same-sex marriage illustrates why legalising it "was so important".

Office for National Statistics data, which was published during Pride month, shows 105 same-sex couples married in Northumberland in 2022.

This was up from 56 in 2019, and was also the highest figure of any year since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2014.

Nationally, the number of couples getting married has steadily risen since then, including 7,800 in 2022, the largest figure on record and more than 10 per cent higher than any other year.

In Northumberland, 2,688 opposite-sex marriages took place in 2022 – up from 2,130 in 2019.