Birmingham girl, nine, swims mile a day for Children in Need

A nine-year-old girl has raised more than £600 by swimming four miles, a mile a day, for the BBC's Children in Need.

Hannah, from Kings Heath in Birmingham, said the challenge was "a good thing to help other children".

She swam 64 25m lengths to complete each mile this week and said she thought swimming was her main hobby at the moment.

Asked what friends and family had said, Hannah replied: "I think they've said it's pretty like outrageous and amazing that I'm doing it."

She added: "I'm just trying to stay cool with it and now that I've done it, I'm like, yeah, I agree with them, it is like... amazing."

The fundraiser said she loved swimming, but also admitted her legs were aching "all through" her lengths for Children in Need.

Asked where the idea came from, Hannah stated: "[I was] just wondering what to do, 'cos I wanted to do something and then it just came into my head."

She later said: "I want to do it 'cos I feel like it's a good thing to do and I mean it helps me stay fit and it's a good thing to help other children."

Hannah's family said they were "extremely proud" and she had been "so mature about it", adding: "She hasn't moaned one bit. Yeah, she's said her legs are aching now, but at the time she just got on with it."

Staff at BBC Radio WM and other BBC local radio stations across the UK have raised more than £100,000 for Children in Need through a swimming challenge.

The five on the WM team swam 24 miles between them in 24 hours last week.