18 Sep 2013 00:00

By Jeremy Armstrong

Tony Phoenix-Morrison suffered a spinal injury after following his epic nationwide trek with the Great North Run - all with a fridge on his back

charity fundraiser who ran the length of Britain with a fridge on his back has been taken to hospital with spinal injuries.

Tony Phoenix-Morrison only had feeling in his right leg when he finished the Great North Run on Sunday – on top of completing 1,009 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End last week.