Notting Hill bench proposal Sutcliffe

Martyn Sutcliffe, 22, and fiancee Joanna Harbinson,19, to whom he proposed on a park bench, reminiscent of a scene in the film Notting Hill. Martyn asked Joanne after getting the local council to put a bench with a plaque at their favourite spot in Hexham, Northumberland. * ... In the film, on-screen lovers Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts take inspiration from a plaque on a bench and decide to marry. (Photo by Owen Humphreys - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)