A HAMPSHIRE man is set to run the London Marathon again this year to raise money for Children with Leukaemia.

Keen runner Ian Fisher managed to raise £1,270 last year in aid of the charity and is hoping to raise a similar amount this April.

Ian, 53, will join a team of more than 1,000 running for the children's charity which will include six runners in huge Mr Men and Little Miss costumes. Ian, a terminal ship planner at Southampton Docks, said: "Having run it last year I thought I would do it again this year. It's a lot of training but it was a great day last year and I could have run another mile at the end if someone had asked me."

To sponsor Ian, of Normandy Close, Rownhams, email him at ifisher@sct.uk.com. For more information on Children with Leukaemia visit www.leukaemia.org.