PC's 230-mile run honours killed PCs Bone and Hughes

PC Steve Phillips will run 40 miles a day in memory of his murdered colleagues

A police officer has set off on a 230-mile (370km) charity run in memory of murdered Greater Manchester PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes.

PC Steve Phillips will run eight hours a day for six days from Hyde, where the officers were based, to Bournemouth.

The pair were killed by Dale Cregan after being lured to a fake burglary.

Meanwhile, the family of PC Bone laid the first brick at a new Sale care home to be named Fiona Gardens in her honour.

The home for 100 residents is being built by Trafford Housing Trust close to where PC Bone lived, due for completion in March 2014.

'Most tragic'

Trafford Council leader Matt Colledge said: "It is fitting that we are able to name this latest facility in honour of Fiona Bone - a dedicated, committed and loyal police officer who gave her life in the most tragic circumstances, while protecting others."

PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes were killed on 18 September

Money raised from PC Phillips' run will go to Care of Police Survivors and the North West Police Benevolent Fund.

He set off from Hyde Police Station's memorial garden dedicated to the pair at 09:30 BST and will run 40 miles each day.

PC Phillips, who suffered a major stroke in 2011, said: "Following the tragic shootings of Nicola and Fiona I wanted to be able to do something to raise money in their name."

In November, 80 police officers and staff completed a 190-mile bike ride in memory of the two PCs, who were killed by Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade attack on 18 September.