6:56am UK, Monday May 17, 2004

A knife-thrower and his Russian assistant are getting married, just over a year after he struck her on the head with a knife on live TV.

Yana Rodionova was rushed to hospital after millions of This Morning viewers saw her gashed in the head when Jayde Hanson's stunt went wrong.

Jayde and Yana

But Miss Rodionova, 23, suffered only minor injuries in the accident and she soon forgave Mr Hanson, later agreeing to be his wife.

She said: "I felt more sorry for Jayde, there was blood coming out everywhere and he looked so pale he blended in with the wall behind him.

"I fell out of love with for a couple of days afterwards, but I love him again now."

Mr Hanson, who first learned to throw knives when he was 11, had been attempting to beat his Guinness World Record of throwing 124 knives in 1m 41s with Miss Rodionova.

Around 200 circus performers will travel to Brighton's Pavilion for the couple's wedding.

The newly-weds are to spend their honeymoon performing their knife act in Cottle & Austen Circus, Brighton.