From daytrippers in South Shields, to three bears on the loose in Newcastle - 10 images showing Tyneside in 1954 ...

Technology is enabling increasingly fast times but how fair is it when it impacts marathon runners so differently?

Roger Bannister was studying medicine at Oxford when he bacame the first man to run the mile in under 4 minutes.At the Iffley Road track in Oxford Roger Bannister became the first man to run 1 ...

When he was 21, Ian Barnes shared the world's astonishment when the legendary British athlete Roger Bannister broke the ...

There is a long-established tradition of male-centered running books, from Roger Bannister’s The Four Minute Mile (1955), his memoir of setting the world record, to Jean Echenoz’s bestselling ...

A "mass mile" run will fill the streets of Oxford to mark the 70th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister's record-breaking four-minute mile. The city, which played host to Sir Roger's feat ...

Five years ago, the Kenyan became the first man to break two hours for the marathon with his controversial methods ...

A year after the Kenyan’s historic world-record run in the Windy City – and just eight months after his tragic death in a ...

Oxford City Council wanted to rename the ward after Sir Roger Bannister A proposal to rename part of Oxford in memory of the late athlete Sir Roger Bannister has been rejected. Oxford City Council ...

An area of Oxford could be renamed in memory of the late athlete Sir Roger Bannister. Oxford City Council has proposed changing the name of St Clement's as part of a review of city council wards.

One of the secrets of On’s success has been attributed to its enthusiasm for product innovation: as well as the footwear for ...

The Oxford Half is a flat route that passes through the city’s iconic architecture with close to no elevation gain. This ...