Thousands of runners will be taking to the streets of London for the 2014 London Marathon on Sunday, April 13.

Bude resident Sam Fanson, 17, will be one of them, running to raise money for Bliss, the special care baby charity, to help babies born premature and sick.

Sam chose to run for Bliss because he's seen first-hand how premature birth has affected people in his life. In September 2006 Sam's friend's brother Joe was born 11 weeks premature. He was very ill, and had meningitis, E coli, septicaemia, and chronic lung disease, amongst other things.

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