MONEY raised by county runners in the London Marathon is mounting up fast after they joined thousands of others in the capital on Sunday, raising money for a host of good causes.

Paul Childs pounded the streets to raise funds for Amazing Amy Lambert's charity - which funds research into chemotherapy at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where the six-year-old was treated for leukaemia. She is now in remission and went along to cheer him on.

The 24-year-old, of Green Lane, Warndon, Worcester, completed the gruelling course in two hours, 54 minutes, coming 733rd.

He raised about £700, which will be split between Amy's charity and the Eating Disorders Association, a choice inspired by his five-year battle with anorexia.

Sian Turner, aged 36, of Hawkley Row, Warndon Villages, Worcester, completed the course in five hours, 49 minutes.

She has raised almost £1,000 for the Cornel Romanian Rehabilit-ation Trust - a charity dedicated to helping disabled people in Romania receive artificial limbs.

Fourteen-year-old Cornel Hrisca-Munn was born in Romania with no lower arms and a deformed leg, but now lives a full life with his adoptive parents, former aid workers Ken and Doreen Munn, at the family's home in Whittington, Worcester.

Teacher Lisa Guest, who works at Perry Wood Primary School, Ronkswood, Worcester, finished the course in five hours, seven minutes.

The 27-year-old, of Clayhall Road, Droitwich, raised money for a hospice in Southport.

The son of a county couple, Mark Messenger completed the course in three hours, 55 minutes.

The 41-year-old violinist, who lives in London, regularly plays in county concerts and would like to thank Saturday's audience at the Bochmann Quartet concert in Worcester's Huntingdon Hall, who helped boost his sponsorship for the Anthony Nolan Leukae-mia Trust to more than £4,000.