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Spare your blushes at a virtual charity run


IF you’ve ever fancied raising funds for charity but are too em- barrassed to get on your bike or run 10k in public, now’s your chance to give it a go – in private! Exercise specialist Emma Good-


man, who chairs the Mid Kent Committee of Action Medical Re- search, is organising a Virtual Run to raise funds for the charity which helps research into diseases which blight children’s lives. During half-term (May 28 to June


5) she is inviting people to run, cycle, skip – even crawl! – five or 10k to raise funds. Emma (41), who is one of the therapists at Southcote Proactive Healthcare in Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, and lives in Grove Green specialises in pre and post- natal fitness and has two children of her own – Gracie, nine, and Archie, five. She plans to run 10k with her husband Richard, a mechanic in Aylesford, while the children ride alongside on their bikes.


Entrance is just £7.50 for adults


and £3.50 for children (16 and under) and everyone will receive a medal to reward them for their ef- forts. Full details of theVirtual Run are


available at the charity’swebsite, at www.action.org.uk/virtual-run. Action Medical Research is a UK-


Emma Goodman She said: “We hope there will be


lots of families taking part as its half term week and might encour- age new supporters to engage with the charity.” Supporters can take part any-


where and at any time during the week – they can even use a tread- mill at home or the gym.!


wide children’s charity which has been funding medical break- throughs since it began in 1952 in- cluding helping to introduce the first polio vaccines in the UK, de- veloping the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and testing the rubella vaccine. It is currently funding research


into pre-eclampsia, which is a lead- ing cause of death and illness in mothers and their babies. The charity is holding a Ladies’


Lunch at the Mercure Great Danes Hotel on Friday, October 7 with Go West stars Richard Drummie and Peter Cox. Last year’s event, star- ring Tony Hadley, raised more than £14,000.


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M20 death AMANhas been charged after a col- lision on the M20 near Maidstone in which a 74-year-old woman died. Jaroslav Horvath (40), from the


Czech Republic, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving after the crash at J7 at Detling. Retired insurance


clerk Susan Mellor (left), from Sher- bourne Drive, Maid- stone, died on Sunday, December 6, after her Nissan Qashqai was in a collision with a red


Mercedes. She died of her injuries. Mrs Mellor was described by her


family as the “life and soul of the party” and someone who loved to laugh and dance. The accident happened at about


5am on the entry slip road of the London-bound carriageway. Mrs Mellor, who was known as


Sue, left a son, two daughters, a brother and a sister. An inquest heard that she died of multiple injuries. Her family said: "Mum's laughter touched so many people, leaving a smile in all of our hearts." Horvath was bailed to appear be-


fore Maidstone Magistrates Court on June 24.


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