Debbie Philpott, a teaching assistant at Eastry Primary School, successfully completed the 26.2-mile overnight Walk The Walk across London.

She was supported by pupils who wore red and pink to school for a non-uniform day in school which raised £250 towards her efforts against breast cancer.

Mrs Philpott, 40, of Poulders Gardens, Sandwich, was accompanied by Emily McGrath, from Ash, and Natalie Gibbons, of Worth as team Forty, Faulty and Fab - and 19,000 others.

The full story is in this week's East Kent Mercury - out now.