An 80-year-old Wallsend man is preparing to run his 20 th half marathon this weekend in honour of his father who died 40 years ago.
Bill Brown will be donning his running shoes and purple Pancreatic Cancer UK top for the Gateshead Half Marathon on May 1 as he looks to raise money for the charity which campaigns for better care, treatment and research into the disease which killed his own father just a year before he was due to retire.
The octogenarian who suffers from osteoporosis is doing the half marathon as part of an 80 th birthday fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer UK, which he hopes will raise hundreds of pounds towards helping find a cure for the devastating disease which is more prevalent in men and sees around 10,000 new cases diagnosed every year.
