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Local runner, Noel Bresland, 34 has completed a marathon inside a capsule of the London Eye on a treadmill.

Noel from Manchester, ran the equivalent of the 26.2-mile (42.2km) course on a treadmill in a time of three hours and 51 minutes.

He was raising money for two charities - Children with Leukaemia and Bliss - as part of an attempt to finish 223 marathons in 10 years.

He set himself the challenge after his nephew Ethan, who was born prematurely, died at the age of 223 days.

So far he has run 30 marathon-length courses and has raised nearly £25,000.

"I am determined to reach my ultimate goal of 223 marathons," Mr Bresland said.

"You haven't seen the last of me, as having overcome my fear of heights, we are now developing plans for a marathon in a plane and hot air balloon.

Mr Bresland is planning to run the London Marathon dressed as Little Miss Naughty later this month.

A teacher and 11 pupils from Oxford have gained a Guinness world record for running 100 miles on a treadmill in just 8 hours and 23 minutes. 

Paul Fernandez and his biology pupils from Radley College, Oxford, smashed the original record of 9 hours and 5 minutes.

Each member of the 12-man team each took turn to run each of the 100 miles on the treadmills in the school’s gym.

Mr. Fernandez, 36, already held a handful of Guinness world records, including one for the fastest marathon dressed as a clown after he ran the Gloucester Marathon in two hours 50 minutes in 2009.

He said: “I have four world records myself and I was trying to find something the boys here could do.

“They trained and worked hard and got a good team bond. It just shows what you can do with a lot of preparation and a detailed plan.

The team managed to raise an impressive £3,500 for charity. The money will be divided between MacMillan Cancer Support, Helen and Douglas House in Oxford, Ace Africa, and the Radley Armed Forces Fund, providing bursaries for the children of troops.