A 48-year-old father from south Wirral is planning to run the equivalent of 35 marathons in 22 days to help raise money for children's charity Barnardo's.
Bernie Hollywood is starting his journey at John o' Groats and will run an average of 50 mil
es per day with a 15ft Barnardo's billboard strapped to his back.
He hopes to raise £100,000 for the charity during the 900-mile journey, which will end at the finish line of the London marathon in three weeks' time.
WELSH RARE BIT(E)An Angus woman who sought £160,000 in damages from a dog owner after being hurt by an over-friendly labrador has had her case thrown out.
Patricia Welsh, 55, suffered a dislocated knee and claimed the pain had forced her to give up her job as a college lecturer.
However, a judge said the dog's owner could not be held responsible over a "pure accident" and stressed that courts must not help create a society "bent on litigation".
MP ESCAPES RAPDisgraced Tory Derek Conway, the MP caught paying his student son a £45,000 salary to do research, will not be charged.
Scotland Yard blasted the House of Commons expense system and said prosecutors had advised them the "lack of systems" in Westminster would "severely undermine the viability of any probe".
Conway has had his party's whip withdrawn, and an overhaul of the expense system has been urged by Gordon Brown.
HYSLOP CHINA BIDEducation Secretary Fiona Hyslop will continue her plans to travel to China next month despite calls for her to cancel the trip in protest at the country's reaction to demonstrations in Tibet.
She is travelling to China to help forge stronger links between Scottish and Chinese schools.
Tavish Scott, a Liberal Democrat MSP, had asked the minister to abandon her plans and not to turn a blind eye to the violent protests in the province.
PRINCE'S PRODUCEPrince Charles has taken on a new venture: running a high street greengrocer's.
He opened Highgrove in Tetbury, Gloucestershire last week, a shop selling chutney, juice, marmalade and organic vegetables from his estate .
The venture is aimed at reflecting the prince's interests and work undertaken by people on some of his projects.
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