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  • Plucky mum to run fourth marathon - in fun fancy dress

    A brave cancer survivor is to this year run her fourth marathon - and she is hoping to raise money by sporting fun fancy dress as she does it.

    Tina Grist, 39, will be taking part in the 2011 London Marathon again, but she has also completed the Paris version of the event in the past, the Burton Mail reports.

    The April race will mark three years since she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but she is now in remission and wants to raise money for the Burton CT Scanner Appeal.

    Ms Grist has revealed she will be wearing Dorothy from the <a

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  • Fun fancy dress set to help kids get fit

    A fun fancy dress event is set to encourage children and their parents to get fit by doing more walking.

    On Friday (January 28th 2011), pupils at Alderman Leach Primary School in Darlington are to help launch the Great Swapathon, the Northern Echo reports.

    This is an initiative organised by NHS Change4Life and aims to get people to make little changes to their daily routine in order to make them healthier.

    As part of the programme, pupils will be asked to walk to school for just one day this week, providing the added bonus that the school will be almost

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  • Loose Women sport fun fancy dress for National TV Awards votes

    People of a nervous disposition may wish to avoid them, but photographs have been released of the Loose Women in fun fancy dress to drum up votes for the National Television Awards.

    According to the Mirror, they are up for best topical magazine show and decided to get in costume to generate a little extra publicity.

    Carol McGiffin wore a Lady Gaga costume similar to the one the pop star wore in her Telephone video, while Coleen Nolan became Vicky Pollard.

    Meanwhile, Denise Welch did her best to emulate Cheryl Cole and Sherrie Hewson wore <a

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