It was a day of sunshine and smiles as around 10,000 runners took part in the Children's Cancer Run on Sunday as it celebrated its 40-year anniversary.
The huge event, hosted at Newcastle Racecourse, was a whole day of action, with a series of runs - a pick of one, three or five miles - setting off in stages around the grounds and raising vital money for local charity Children's Cancer North which organises it.
Among the wide mix of ages were regulars at the run which to date has raised a remarkable £8m to help support youngsters with cancer and their families but there were lots of first-timers too, including fundraisers whose lives have been directly hit by cancer. One, Lucy Smith, just 12, completed the run with her dad James and explained that she just wanted to "give back" after the help she had received during her own cancer treatment.
