In 2011, the event saw its first fatality, when competitor Nick Read, 33, from Clevedon collapsed outside the Bristol Hippodrome theatre, not far from the finish line.

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Campaigners had put forward a plan to save the Dudley Hippodrome by turning it into a community theatre.

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The Dudley Hippodrome was built 1938 and was used as a theatre until 1964, when it became a bingo hall.

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The Friends of Dudley Hippodrome group want the 1, 700-seat venue to reopen as a community theatre.

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