Last chance to take part in new run

WITH the clock ticking down to the first ever HogmanHOWAY 5K in Newcastle, organisers have announced details of the elite races - and there's a reminder that members of the public still have time to sign up for the run.

- BARBARA HODGSON

The debut event - the brainchild of Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram - will be on the start line in the city centre just after 7pm on New Year's Eve, with the professionals leading the way then the mass run following at 7.30pm.

And people can still enter online before entries for it close on Tuesday, December 30 with around 2,000 runners in total expected to cover the three-lap route the next day.

It will start and finish at Newcastle Civic Centre, taking in city centre streets and local landmarks, and some will be helping to raise money for good causes such as The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, which is the event's official charity partner.