Gill Begnor, from Hook Norton, became a world record holder for the fastest woman to run a marathon dressed as a bottle, when she finished the London marathon in 4hrs 54mins last Sunday. The 44-year-old beat the former record of five hours and raised more than £2,000 in aid of blood cancer charity Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.

Her friend James Clarke, managing director of Hook Norton brewery, lost his sister Victoria to leukaemia in 1986.

Gill said: “I had given myself a target pace but it wasn’t until about the 23-mile mark when I started to believe I could do it. It feels fantastic to know I’m a world record holder but it’s definitely the last time I’ll be running in that suit.”