RICHARD Hosey from Blackburn will be running in the London Marathon on April 16, to raise money for the British Heart Foundation as part of their Heart Runners team.

A wallpaper printer, aged 39, he is hoping to raise £1,000 for the UK's biggest killer and is running in his first marathon for BHF as his mother died from heart failure.

Readers with a marathon place can call 0800 106019 for details on how to become a Heart Runner.

TOM CURRY, Communications Officer, British Heart Foundation, Fitzhardinge Street, London W1.

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