An intrepid News UK trio have embarked on an epic fundraiser.

The Sun political editor Tom Newton Dunn, title columnist Jane Moore and News UK head of client hospitality Lorna Carmichael are cycling 350 miles in five days in the annual Big Battlefield Bike Ride on June 6-10.

This Help for Heroes fundraiser supports our wounded servicemen and women. This year’s route from Ypres in Belgium to Verdun in France takes in the battlefields of the First World War’s Western Front.

The gruelling route, featuring 350 cyclists including injured veterans, goes from Ypres-Arras-Amiens-St Quentin-Reims-Verdun.

Tom is embarking on his fourth ride for Help for Heroes.

He said:

Over the years, Help For Heroes has become one very big and happy family, and the Big Battlefield Bike Ride across France is our annual reunion.

Nothing gets you up those thigh-burning hills better than a double amputee overtaking you, and usually with a good dose of forces’ foul-mouthed abuse. The guys are a true inspiration.

It’s wonderful to see what an incredible thing the charity has become, and how many thousands it has helped along the way.

Doing what we could to get them up and running during the darkest days of the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts in 2007 is still the one thing I am most proud of during my 12 years at The Sun.”

Lorna said:

I had the ‘pleasure’ of taking part in a similar challenge in 2014 and 2015 and had the incredible honour of cycling alongside many wounded servicemen and women.

Their determination to overcome their injuries and take on this remarkable challenge with a smile, despite some very painful miles, is my motivation to give it another go and keep raising money for this great charity.”

Jane, who also took part last year, said:

I am doing the ride because the funds we raise help directly to change lives.

Every penny donated to those of us taking part in this bike ride will go towards helping our wounded heroes and their families with individual support, recovery centres, sports recovery, career recovery and rehabilitation complexes such as Headley Court and Fisher House.”

• They can be sponsored at

TOM NEWTON DUNN: https://www.justgiving.com/TNDUNN

LORNA CARMICHAEL: www.justgiving.com/Lorna16

JANE MOORE: www.justgiving.com/JaneMooreBBBR