After 42 years of being a mobile DJ Theo Loyla thought he'd seen it all.

But during a typical night at The Marine Hotel, Tankerton a club-goer got down on one knee and proposed in public to his girlfriend.

Bob Evans, from Beltinge, had previously called Theo, who has been the resident DJ for the Marine's Xmas parties for the last 11 years, to warn him of his plan.

So when girlfriend of five years Lynn said "yes" on Saturday night the staff presented them with a bottle of champagne and a wedding brochure!

Theo, from Birchington, said: "You occasionally hear on the news about these public proposals of marriage, but this was the first time it has ever happened at a disco that I know of.

"They seem like a lovely couple and I wish them the best of luck and if they need a disco for their wedding reception..."