Eminem gets permit for remarriage

Rapper Eminem and his former wife Kimberly Mathers are set to marry after being granted a wedding licence.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, and Kimberly Mathers applied for a marriage license in Macomb County, just north of Detroit on Monday, an official in the clerk's office said on Thursday.

The marriage license, which cost $20, is valid after a three-day waiting period for 30 days. The couple had not turned up as of Thursday morning to claim the license, the official at the clerk's office said.

Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers III, said in December that he had reconciled with his former wife and they were likely to remarry.

The couple first married in 1999 and divorced two years later.

Their split became a bitter legal wrangle which involved a custody battle over their daughter Hailie.

Details about the remarriage, including the date and venue, have yet to be released reorts BBC