Goody and Tweed tie the knot

Cancer-stricken Jade Goody has married her partner Jack Tweed in a "bittersweet" ceremony surrounded by family and friends.

The couple tied the knot at the Down Hall Country House Hotel in Hertfordshire just eight days after Tweed's Valentine's Day proposal.

The terminally ill Big Brother star's wedding was held behind closed doors as part of an exclusive magazine deal with OK!.

Speaking outside the hotel, Goody's publicist Max Clifford announced: "They are now man and wife."

According to The Guardian, Clifford said the 27-year-old was able to stand for most of the 45-minute ceremony, but had to sit down for the last five minutes.

The couple were expected to release white doves after the ceremony as an expression of their love for each other, followed by speeches, a meal and a performance by the Sugababes.

The newlyweds will then spend the night together after Justice Secretary Jack Straw decided to temporarily waive Tweed's curfew, imposed after a jail sentence for assaulting a 16-year-old boy.