The couple set up their own studio in the Roslyn Works in Longton six years ago after being made redundant from Moorcroft Enamels.

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"You call yourself a middle-distance runner when you've run a mile in under four minutes, " Moorcroft, now chief executive of UK Athletics, told BBC Sport.

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Caborn, Jowell, Carter and UK Athletics chief executive David Moorcroft will meet IAAF president Lamine Diack on Friday to try to persuade him to accept the new plan.

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