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Campaigner finishes 800-mile football grounds run

The founder of a suicide prevention charity has finished an 800-mile run to every Premier League football ground.

Matthew Smith founded the If U Care Share Foundation (IUCSF) 19 years ago after the death of his brother Daniel O'Hare, and finished his run at Newcastle United's St James' Park.

The run was part of an attempt to raise £135,000 for the charity, a figure chosen to represent the roughly 135 people who are affected by every death by suicide.

"We want to try and do something to keep people here, to talk about hope and to talk about the people we have lost as well," Mr Smith said.