One runner from west Wiltshire had to bare more than she bargained for in order to raise money for charity during the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday.

Louise Cleer, 39, from Trowbridge, ran the last mile of the 13.1 mile course in just her sports bra and jogging bottoms.

Mrs Cleer was running for the Ella Louisa Angel Appeal, which is raising money in memory of four-day-old Trowbridge baby Ella Louisa Chappell-Drury, who died at St Michael’s Hospital in Bristol last April after suffering brain damage during birth.

Mrs Cleer said: “I didn’t expect the weather to be so nice and at the end I had to take off my long sleeve black top and just run it in my bra because I was boiling hot.

“I have to say I never thought I would run through Bath in my bra, but I wasn’t going to let the heat beat me.

“I got a few funny looks and some cheers from a few blokes.”

Three friends, Andy Williams, who is married to Ella Louisa’s mother’s best friend, and sisters Vicky and Josie Richardson also ran the half-marathon for the charity.

The foursome’s total currently stands at more than £300 and will be doubled by Mr Williams and Josie Richardson’s employers Future Publishing.

The brother and teaching assistant of a little boy who last year lost his battle with leukaemia also took part in the event.

Samuel Ladd, 17, from Hawkeridge and Kelly Bradley, 21, who works at Westbury Infants School, paid tribute to young Oliver Ladd who died in January last year aged five.

Oliver, from Hawkeridge, was born with Down’s Syndrome and diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of three.

Inspired by Oliver’s courage, Samuel and Miss Bradley crossed the finishing line in one hour and 40 minutes and two hours and 12 minutes respectively.

The pair have raised money than £800 on behalf of children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent, which provided invaluable support for the Ladd family when they needed it most.

Miss Bradley said: “It was actually easier than I imagined it would be even though it was extremely hot on the day.

“It was very emotional both at the start and the end of the race but the memory of Oliver kept me going.”