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Beverley Rouse

Beverley Rouse is a news editor and head of planning for the PA news agency which she joined as a reporter in 2007, following a decade working for regional newspapers.

Stephanie Field will run the TCS New York City Marathon on November 3 as part of Team TCS Teachers (Handout/PA)
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Exercise has been a ‘lifeline’, says teacher running New York City Marathon

People run along The Mall as they take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon (PA)
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Life is better without alcohol, say Royal Parks Half Marathon charity runners

Darren Wood with parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt (Handout/PA)
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I joined to run but community keeps me going, says man with record parkrun tally

Paul Sinton-Hewitt started the event which became parkrun in 2004 (parkrun/PA)
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Parkrun is about community spirit, founder says ahead of 20th anniversary events

Runners taking part in parkrun at Bushy Park in south-west London as the event prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary (Victoria Jones/PA)
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Parkrun celebrates 20 years of making people healthier and happier

Jamilla Blake said she wants to make her mother Jan Wilcox proud by running the Royal Parks Half Marathon (Handout/PA)
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Woman who was in wheelchair after surgery as a child to run first half marathon

Final figures show the 2024 TCS London Marathon raised £73.5 million for charity ( Zac Goodwin/PA)
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London Marathon raises record £73.5 million for charity

Janine Edgar will be raising money for Cancer Research UK when she takes part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on October 13 (Handout/PA)
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Runner fundraising for Cancer Research UK after baby scan revealed growth

Four-year-old Yumna Abdul was delighted to join other children for her first day at primary school after being declared cancer-free following treatment for neuroblastoma (Gosh Charity/PA)
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Four-year-old girl happy to start school after recovering from cancer treatment

Prince George pictured waving from the Buckingham Palace balcony where he watched a flypast which followed the Trooping the Colour ceremony with his parents the Prince and Princess of Wales, his brother Prince Louis and his sister Princess Charlotte (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Prince George celebrates 11th birthday

The ballot results for the TCS London Marathon 2025 will be sent out on June 26 (PA)
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London Marathon ballot results due out on Wednesday after record number applied

More than 50,000 people are expected to take part in Sunday’s TCS London Marathon (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Ballot opens for 2025 London Marathon on eve of this year’s event

Cel Smith, who is trans, non-binary and autistic, said running has become a ‘celebration of being myself’ as they prepare for their first TCS London Marathon on April 21 (Handout/PA)
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Marathon run important to show trans and non-binary people can join in – teacher

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Marathon run important to show trans and non-binary people can join in – teacher

Cel Smith, who is trans, non-binary and autistic, said running has become a ‘celebration of being myself’ as they prepare for their first TCS London Marathon on April 21 (Handout/PA)
Benedict Barton, who is running the TCS London Marathon for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, with his wife Emily and daughters Sky and Bo (Handout/PA)
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Father says daughter’s cancer treatment ‘million times harder’ than marathon

Tyrone West, principal of Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit, is running his second TCS London Marathon as part of Team TCS Teachers which offers marathon places to teachers who are acting as healthy role models for their pupils (Handout/PA)
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Adding physical activity to all subjects can help children engage – headteacher

Charlotte Jones is running the TCS London Marathon on April 21 as part of Team TCS Teachers (Handout/PA)
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Running has helped me to navigate grief, says teacher ahead of London Marathon

Ryan Thomas will use fundraising from the TCS London Marathon towards a seaside trip for Beck Row Primary Academy, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Handout/PA)
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Important for children and schools to aim high, says teacher running marathon

Ryan Thomas will use fundraising from the TCS London Marathon towards a seaside trip for Beck Row Primary Academy, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Handout/PA)
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Important for children and schools to aim high, says teacher running marathon

Tyrone West, the principal at Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit, is one of 15 Team TCS Teachers taking part in the TCS London marathon (Handout/PA)
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Team of teachers use London Marathon to inspire children to aim high

A woman running the TCS London Marathon on the anniversary of her father’s death is raising money for the “life-saving” work of Samaritans (Handout/PA)
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‘Dad will be with me’ says London Marathon runner supporting Samaritans

Rylan and Dame Kelly Holmes have been announced as Team Samaritans cheerleaders for the 2024 TCS London Marathon (Samaritans/Chris O’Donovan/PA)
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Rylan and Dame Kelly Holmes join Samaritans training session for London Marathon

Squadron Leader Tamsin Wakeham will run the TCS London Marathon on April 21 for Samaritans (Handout/PA)
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RAF officer running London Marathon for Samaritans says ‘life is worth living’

Romesh Ranganathan is taking part in this year’s TCS London Marathon (Harvey Aspell/Calm/PA)
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Romesh Ranganathan says London Marathon training is ‘good’ for his mental health

A Samaritans survey found there is still a stigma to discussing suicidal thoughts (Samaritans/PA)
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Most people unaware how many others have suicidal thoughts – Samaritans survey

Dan Hodges, who tried to take his own life in 2017, will run the TCS London Marathon on April 21 for the charity Samaritans (Handout/PA)
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‘Lucky’ marathon runner urges others to talk about suicidal thoughts

Romesh Ranganathan will run his first London Marathon for the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm) of which he is a patron (PA)
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Famous faces among thousands of people training for first London Marathon

A Samaritans survey found there is still a stigma to discussing suicidal thoughts (Samaritans/PA)
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Most people unaware how many others have suicidal thoughts – Samaritans survey

Dan Hodges, who tried to take his own life in 2017, will run the TCS London Marathon on April 21 for the charity Samaritans (Handout/PA)
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‘Lucky’ marathon runner urges others to talk about suicidal thoughts

Romesh Ranganathan will run his first London Marathon for the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm) of which he is a patron (PA)
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Famous faces among thousands of people training for first London Marathon

Six-year-old Arianna found a fluffy photo blanket gave her comfort during cancer treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Family handout/GOSH Charity/PA)
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House draw fundraiser to offer sick children a home from home during treatment

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House draw fundraiser to offer sick children a home from home during treatment

Six-year-old Arianna found a fluffy photo blanket gave her comfort during cancer treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Family handout/GOSH Charity/PA)
Joe Wicks found fame during the Covid-19 pandemic with his PE With Joe YouTube videos (PA)
News

Joe Wicks celebrates Mini London Marathon partnership with wildlife charity WWF

Braille menus to help blind and partially sighted customers have been introduced by ASK Italian (ASK/PA)
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Braille menus introduced as ASK Italian aims to make restaurants more inclusive

Runners taking part in the Bushy Park Parkrun as the organisation was among those calling on politicians to put physical activity at the heart of the school curriculum (PA)
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Embed activity into school curriculum for ‘happier’ population, politicians told

Aileen Raynos training for the Royal Parks Half Marathon which she completed in wellies (Family handout/PA)
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Runner sets blistering new record for running half marathon in wellies

Aileen Raynos training for the Royal Parks Half Marathon which she completed in wellies (Family handout/PA)
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Runner sets blistering new record for running half marathon in wellies

The event is forecast to have unseasonably warm weather (PA)
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Royal Parks Half Marathon runners told it may be too warm for their best time

Pamela with twins Daya (left) and Jasmine (right) has backed the £300 million fundraiser for a new children’s cancer centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Family handout/PA)
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Mother of girl, 7, who went through ‘brutal’ cancer treatment backs GOSH appeal

Ryan O’Shea (third from right) with fellow runners at the Hospice to Hospice Half Marathon (Handout/PA)
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Training for half marathon makes me feel ‘normal’, says man with brain tumour

Dave Lock, who will captain the Samaritans team for the TCS London Marathon 2024, with his daughter Isabella and his telephone costume (Dave Lock/PA)
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Telephone man answers call to lead Samaritans’ London Marathon team

Call The Midwife screenwriter Heidi Thomas with her husband Stephen McGann after being made an OBE in 2022 for services to drama, said the NHS is a ‘gift beyond price’ (Aaron Chown/PA)
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Call The Midwife writer says NHS gives ‘gift beyond price’ to ordinary people

The ballot results for the 2024 TCS London Marathon will be released on Thursday (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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London Marathon hopefuls to find out if they were lucky in ballot for 2024

Stephen McGann, pictured with his wife, Call The Midwife screenwriter Heidi Thomas, said the NHS has made ‘all the difference in the world’ to working class communities (PA)
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NHS has transformed working class children’s chances, says Call The Midwife star

Participants run past the Cutty Sark in Greenwich during the TCS London Marathon (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Home News

New record as more than half a million apply for London Marathon

Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and the Princess of Wales at the King’s coronation ceremony (PA)
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Princess of Wales shows parenting skills amid coronation pageantry

Samaritans urged people to ‘believe in tomorrow’ as it was revealed as the charity of the year for the TCS London Marathon 2024 (James Manning/PA)
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‘Believe in tomorrow’ says Samaritans as it becomes London Marathon 2024 charity

The app allows people to send Belief Boosters to marathon participants (James Manning/PA)
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TCS app makes sure London Marathon runners get a boost just when they need it

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TCS app makes sure London Marathon runners get a boost just when they need it

The app allows people to send Belief Boosters to marathon participants (James Manning/PA)
TCS London Marathon participants are encouraged to carry their own drinks to reduce the need for plastic bottles to be handed out (PA)
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How is the TCS London Marathon reducing its environmental impact?

Jake Quickenden who is running the TCS London Marathon for Sarcoma UK (PA)
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Jake Quickenden to dress as bone for London Marathon in memory of little brother

Tongue cancer survivor Karen Liesching-Schroder ran the Southend Half Marathon two weeks after finishing radiotherapy (Beverley Rouse/PA)
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Speech and language therapy gave me confidence to eat out, says cancer survivor

Ruth Rayner has been a speech and language therapist for 36 years (South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust/PA)
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‘Incredibly rewarding’ to improve lives, say speech and language therapists

Ruth Rayner has been a speech and language therapist for 36 years (South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust/PA)
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‘Incredibly rewarding’ to improve lives, say speech and language therapists

Speech and language therapist Ruth Rayner outside Chester Wing at Sunderland Royal Hospital (South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust/PA)
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Survey finds ‘alarming’ number of vacancies in speech and language therapy

Three-year-old Great Ormond Street Hospital patient Yumna was diagnosed with stage four high-risk neuroblastoma in December 2021 just days after her second birthday (GOSH Charity/PA)
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GOSH Charity launches biggest-ever appeal for £300m world-leading cancer centre

Daniel Radcliffe narrates a new film showing the services offered by Demelza, of which he is a vice president (PA)
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Charity backed by Daniel Radcliffe drops ‘hospice’ from logo to broaden appeal

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Matt Hancock sets up TV company after I’m a Celebrity stint

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Prince Harry to hold ‘intimate’ event for Spare fans with £17 tickets

Dame Barbara Windsor and her husband Scott Mitchell delivered an Alzheimer’s Society open letter to 10 Downing Street (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Barbara Windsor’s legacy is about dementia — not her ‘bra flying off’

Runners reach the Isle of Dogs during the TCS London Marathon (Yui Mok/PA)
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Ballot result delay for some London Marathon applicants due to technical ‘issue’

Runners in fancy dress during the TCS London Marathon 2022 (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
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Runners to find out if London Marathon ballot application successful

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity runners in the London Marathon (GOSH Charity/PA)
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London Marathon charity of the year urges runners to help beat childhood cancer

Simon Best will run the TCS London Marathon dressed as Darth Vader to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK (Simon Best/PA)
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‘Darth Vader’ runs marathon fundraiser following prostate cancer diagnosis

Sanam Saleh and husband Abu with their son Idrees who died aged five days after being born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Sanam Saleh/BHF/PA)
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Baby Idrees’s short life to be remembered by mother’s London Marathon fundraiser

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Baby Idrees’s short life to be remembered by mother’s London Marathon fundraiser

Sanam Saleh and husband Abu with their son Idrees who died aged five days after being born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Sanam Saleh/BHF/PA)
A blind person reading some Braille text as banners with Braille messages of encouragement are introduced to the TCS London Marathon for blind runners (Alamy/PA)
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Braille banners will offer encouragement to blind London Marathon runners

A general view of runners heading to the finish line during the 2019 London Marathon (PA)
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Ballot for 2023 London Marathon places to open ahead of Sunday’s event

Claire Wilding, with a colleague, on the James Mckenzie cardiology ward at Basildon Hospital (Claire Wilding/BHF/PA)
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Cardiac nurse who survived lung cancer to run London Marathon for heart charity

Gina Little celebrates in Berlin after running her 600th marathon (Gina Little/PA)
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600th marathon was ‘massive’, says runner ahead of 38th in London

Gina Little celebrates in Berlin after running her 600th marathon (Gina Little/PA)
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600th marathon was ‘massive’, says runner ahead of 38th in London

Nursery nurse Hannah Evans will run the TCS London Marathon for the British Heart Foundation with her brother-in-law Mike Drakeford (Family handout/BHF/PA)
Lifestyle

Nursery nurse who lost father to heart attack to run Marathon

Hannah Halden is taking part in the London Marathon in memory of her sister Lona (Hannah Halden/British Heart Foundation/PA)
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Solicitor to run London Marathon for heart charity after death of sister, 16

The BHF is the TCS London Marathon’s charity of the year for the October 2 event (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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London Marathon fundraising will ‘turbo charge’ heart research, charity says

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay while in Scotland, during the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering (PA)
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King pays tribute to ‘steadfast devotion to duty’ of his ‘darling wife’ Camilla

Sarah, Duchess of York said she was ‘heartbroken’ at the death of the Queen (PA)
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Sarah, Duchess of York said she will miss Queen ‘more than words can express’

(John Walton/PA)
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Rainbow carnival to greet London Marathon runners after mile 21

Archie Wilks (Archie’s Journey/PA)
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Archie, six, rings bell to celebrate end of 42 months of cancer treatment

Gina Little during her 37th London Marathon in 2021 (Gina Little/PA)
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Landmark 600th race beckons for woman, 77, who has run most London Marathons

RideLondon-100 cyclists Greg Mawdsley, Laura Lawson and Lisa Thake, Jason Fergus from Active Essex, London Marathon Charitable Trust executive director Catherine Anderson, Essex County councillor Lee Scott and Farleigh Hospice RideLondon-100 riders Neil Coggins and John Porter pictured in Chelmsford (PA)
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RideLondon cycling festival to return after pandemic with new route into Essex

<p>The London Marathon takes place on Sunday (Steven Paston/PA)</p>
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London Marathon welcomes back 40,000 runners after Covid

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London Marathon ‘optimistic’ 50,000 runners will take part in October

PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has made millions from his YouTube channel.
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Children would rather be YouTubers than heroes, TV psychologist says

British personality Keith Allen, father of pop singer Lily Allen
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Keith Allen defends TV drug experiment

Health News

Children wrongly branded overweight because of computer error

Education News

Councils to fight school building cuts

Health News

GPs 'should talk more about sex'

Health News

Children wrongly branded overweight because of computer error

Education News

Councils to fight school building cuts

Health News

GPs 'should talk more about sex'

Home News

Cat dyed pink in 'sick prank'

Home News

Drink-driving deaths fall to all-time low

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Official statistics reveal UK gay, lesbian and bisexual population

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DJ found dead on birthday

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George Michael begins drug-drive jail sentence

Health News

Ian Tomlinson pathologist guilty of misconduct

New Articles

A vintage summer for new discoveries

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G20 pathologist 'unfit to practise'

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