ATHLETE Emma Oliver is taking some well-earned rest after raising more than £2,000 in her latest race.

The 20-year-old, of Station Road, Acton Bridge, ran the London Marathon in April to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation and Vale Royal Multiple Sclerosis Society.

She said: "I completed the marathon in 4h 29m and to date I have collected £2,350, of which £1,000 will go to the British Heart Foundation and the rest - and any other donations - will go to the MS Society .

"I am so pleased to have raised so much money for two very deserving charities and want to thank everybody for being so fantastic during my fundraising."