Ex-Spice Girl Mel C on Great North Run

Ex-Spice Girl Mel C has said bad weather did not put her off taking part in the Great North Run.

The singer, whose real name is Melanie Chisholm, said: "Being a Northern lass I'm used to these conditions."

Almost 56,000 people took to the streets of Tyneside to take part in the 33rd Great North Run.