 to prove that they have never wished themselves unweighed. And if they're successful, they get given a flitch of bacon, which is half a pig cut lengthways. And for the first time in its 900-year history, this year's flitch was awarded to a same-sex couple. Local Emma Hines and her wife, Emma DaCosta, calling it a privilege to be at this year's event. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.