内容摘要："Our grants are intended to help all types of community organisations, from small neighbourhood-based groups, right through to larger, not-for-profit organisations."

"Our grants are intended to help all types of community organisations, from small neighbourhood-based groups, right through to larger, not-for-profit organisations."

Ms Mortimer aimed to raise £3,000 for the National Brain Appeal, but has so far raised £5,000."[It's] just gone up and up and up; it's brilliant," she said.

Ms Mortimer said she was far from a runner before, but it had become "like my therapy" since her illness.She had previously taken on two half-marathons in 2023, but Sunday was the first time she faced the physical challenge of a full marathon, completing the distance in seven hours."Apart from a toe that's a bit swollen, I feel great," she told BBC Essex.

"I powered it completely without stopping until mile 16. Pure adrenaline pushed me through that and I was like 'Wow'."I started walking and that's when the pain started happened.

"I saw my partner and my kids and I just broke down crying, I was like 'I'm in so much pain.'

"And then I got an adrenaline boost from them going 'Go Mummy! Go Mummy!'"Traffic monitoring site Inrix reported at 11:00 BST that the slip road had reopened.

The Met Office issued a yellow warning for rain from 05:00 until 23:59 on Monday across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.A yellow warning for rain means some communities may be cut off by flooded roads, with possible power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses, it said.

Flood warnings have been in place on Monday for the River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst, along with the Rivers Eden and Eden Brook from Crowhurst to Penshurst.There have been flood alerts