Boy finishes race with broken leg

A Nottingham schoolboy helped his team win a national orienteering race despite having to run for 50 minutes with a broken leg.

Peter Lynas, 15, from Woodthorpe, was taking part in the British Schools' Score Championship in Berkshire when he slipped and broke his fibia.

Peter, vice-captain of the Nottingham High School team, said the accident happened just minutes into the race.

He carried on to run a further 6km (3.7 miles) and finished 12th in the event.

"It did hurt really badly and I could see the start line and the ambulance but I couldn't let the team down, so I carried on running, " he said.