A telecommunications worker will be running through the heart of Lancashire as he attempts to break the world record for trekking from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
Record-breaking runners Fiona May Beaty and Katie Simpson brushed aside competition when they smashed the Guinness World Record for running the London Marathon dressed as a tooth and a tube of toothpaste.
Organised by Fylde Coast Running and starting on the Middle Walk opposite the Hilton, the seafront course took the racers south to Lytham and St Annes and north as far as Little Bispham.
Lancashire potter James Cahill pulled off the biggest shock in snooker history to defeat world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round of the World Championships in Sheffield.
If everything plays out according to plan, Chorley's Jack Catterall would like to be contemplating a world title unification clash against Josh Taylor in the not too distant future.
