Romantic boyfriend surprises partner by writing his proposal on a giant billboard [Photo/IC]

Paul Bakewell, 35, from Walsall, West Mids, secretly designed a poster which he then had emblazoned on the 20ft-tall advertising hoarding and covered over.

He arranged for his partner Tara Barber, 32, to be driven past the billboard by her boss who pretended they were going to a business meeting on Friday morning.

But the pretty hairdresser was left speechless when the car stopped at the 30ft-wide poster on the side of the A34 in Walsall, West Mids.

The billboard featured pictures of the couple and the words: 'Tara you've changed my life. Will you marry me?'