Several runners from across Falmouth took on the gruelling challenge of the London Marathon on Sunday with them all achieving their goal of completing the 26 miles while raising money for charity.

Michelle Bray, her niece, Jenna Stivey, and friend, Natalie George, all ran in memory of Michelle's daughter Sasha Watson who died of cancer last year. The trio have raised over £6,000 for Cornwall Hospice Care as a thank you to the support the family received from St Julia's Hospice at Hayle.

For Michelle and Natalie it was their second London Marathon and they both completed it in five hours, 53 minutes and 32 second. It was teenager Jenna's first and she crossed the line in four hours, 51 minutes and 26 seconds.

"Jenna did so well and she actually ran the whole 26 miles," said Michelle. "She didn't stop for a walk or a break, she ran the whole shabang which was amazing. Me and Natalie did have to walk in a couple of places, but we did it. Our aim was just to cross that line and raise money and we did it."

Michelle, who opens a new charity shop in Sasha's memory in Penryn this week, said when asked if she'll tackle another one: "Never again. It was really tough this time, a lot harder than the last one. Perhaps next time I'll do a driving challenge, something I can do sitting down."

Falmouth postman, Jonathan Plummer completed the course in a time of four hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds, and has raised over £600 for Cancer Research UK. The charity is close to his heart as Jonathan was struck down with brain cancer at 21, but has made a full recovery, and also lost both grandfathers, an aunt and a cousin to the disease.

He said: "I would like to thank everyone who has sponsored me and sent me messages of support and also friends and family who travelled up to London to support me - there were so many Cornish Flags along the course showing support for all the Cornish runners, it was a big lift."

Rosie Bradbury, 29,from Falmouth, who has suffered from asthma all her life, raised over £1,400 for Asthma UK, after completing the marathon in four hours and 17 minutes. Kerry Johns, head of events and community fundraising at Asthma UK, said: “I’d like to say a big thank you and congratulations to Rosie for running the London Marathon for us. We are solely funded by public donations, so we simply wouldn’t be able to continue with our work without people like Rosie and our team of fantastic runners.”

Other local runners included Falmouth Road Runners Tom Carthey and Robin Philpott. Tom ran the course in an amazing two hours and 49 minutes while Robin, who has raised over £1,111 for Hospice UK, finished in three hours, 55 minutes and 46 seconds.