OASIS singer Liam Gallagher and actress Patsy Kensit married yesterday watched by two witnesses and no members of their families.

The couple achieved their aim of avoiding media attention, and say they are not honeymooning because they are too busy.

After they married in London's Westminster Register Office at 8.30am, Gallacher waited two hours before telling his older brother, Noel.

Noel, 29, said: ''I found out about the wedding when I got up at 10.30 this morning. He telephoned me and told me he was getting married.

''He told me that mum knew about the wedding. I think now that he has gone into hiding.

''I don't know where he is or where he's planning to go. I'm very happy for him.''

Registrar Katharine Mason had helped the couple keep the event secret.

She said: ''We would do the same thing for any couple. They wanted it kept secret so I just dealt with them myself and didn't let anyone else know about it.''

She said the cost of the service was #25 for the notice, #45 for the licence, and #30 for the ceremony.

''They both looked very, very happy this morning. They were overjoyed that they managed to get away without any photographers seeing them or any bother or commotion.

''They simply wanted to make a commitment to each other without any hassle. They looked exceptionally pleased.''

A spokesman for Oasis said there would not be a wedding reception.

''They don't want a party because it will be turned into a media circus and they are too busy to go on honeymoon.

''No-one knew about this until it happened because they wanted to keep it absolutely secret.''

Gallacher, 24, and Kensit, 29, had hoped to hold their wedding and reception at the Searcy's venue in London's Knightsbridge in February.

They cancelled because of what they called ''obsessive and intrusive media attention''.

Kensit's last wedding to Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr in 1992 ended in a near riot as photographers and minders fought outside the register office. They divorced in October 1996.

She previously married Dan Donovan from Big Audio Dynamite in Scarborough in 1988.