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23/10/08 |
Littlehampton Gazette |
Triple tragedy mother backs call for testing
A Littlehampton mother whose son
died aged just 24 has backed a new national campaign to raise
awareness of the 'staggering' number of young people dying from
a heart condition. |
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22/10/08 |
Haslemere & District
Messenger |
CRYing Out For Awareness
As Big Ben stuck noon outside the
Houses of Parliament the Hunter family from Haslemere were
joined by MPs at the launch of CRY's new postcard campaign.
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22/10/08 |
News Shopper |
'If it saves one it will be worth it'
Eight-year-old Charlie Morettes, who
died from sudden cardiac death, is featured in a campaign to
prevent others being killed by the same condition. |
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16/10/08 |
Sutton Guardian |
Friends run to help charity that helped them grieve
The best friends of 26-year-old
Matthew Readings, who died suddenly of heart failure after a
morning at work, will be raising money for CRY. |
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15/10/08 |
Sheppey Gazette |
Charlotte is the face of cardiac campaign
The face of Charlotte Wright, an
eight-year-old from Sheppey who died suddenly of an undetected
heart problem, is being used to help raise awareness about the
growing number of people affected by the condition. |
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15/10/08 |
News Shopper |
Charlie features in campaign to save lives
Eight-year-old Charlie Morettes, who
died from Sudden Cardiac Death, is featured in a campaign to
prevent others being killed by the same condition. |
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15/10/08 |
News Shopper |
Young people need health check
Jim and Barbara Holland lost their
son Philip to sudden cardiac death syndrome at Christmas in
2002. |
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10/10/08 |
Brentford FC Press Release |
CRY Awareness Week
C.R.Y. (Cardiac Risk in the Young), Brentford’s secondary Away
Shirt Sponsors, launch, for the fourth consecutive year, their
Raising Awareness Week today. The Week, which will
see many different events being organised throughout the
country, is specifically designed as the title suggests to raise
awareness of sudden death syndrome (SDS), specifically in the
young (under 35). |
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09/10/08 |
The Argus |
Heart attack
at 26
Joseph Tanner learned about his
heart condition in dramatic fashion. He had just come to
the end of the Hastings half marathon in March this year when he
suddenly collapsed with a heart attack. |
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25/09/08 |
Worthing Herald |
Fitness fan who died in his girlfriend's arms
A fitness fanatic collapsed in his
girlfriend's arms and died of a rare heart condition.
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18/09/08 |
The Argus |
Hockey player died from secret heart defect
A talented hockey player who did not
know he had a heart defect slumped on to his girlfriend and
died. |
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09/09/08 |
Fleet Mail |
Car treasure hunt drive to help charity
A mother whose son suddenly died of
a mysterious illness is organising a treasure hunt to raise
money for the charity that supported her while grieving.
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16/08/08 |
Woking Review |
Bradley's hair loss is a big gain for charity
Bradley Farrow, 22, from Sheerwater,
accepted the challenge of having his head shaved in front of a
pub packed with punters to raise money for CRY. |
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14/08/08 |
Malling Chronicle |
Charity cycling feat raises extra £25,000
A Sevenoaks fundraiser whose wife
suddenly died of a heart defect has raised nearly £25,000 for a
heart charity after cycling the length of the country.
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06/08/08 |
News Shopper (Bromley) |
Mystery deaths cry out for answers
Ryan Darby was just 27 when he died
from a heart attack in a hotel room in Bangkok. He was one
of eight apparently fit and healthy young people who die from
undiagnosed heart conditions every week in the UK. |
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01/08/08 |
Fleet News |
Bridge walk couple raise charity cash
Sarah and Les Drawbridge of Amberley
Grange, joined other walkers on the eight-mile London Bridges
Walk, crossing eight of London's famous bridges in memory of
their son, Adam. |
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31/07/08 |
Folkestone Herald |
Walk recalls pitch tragedy
Patricia Berry, her daughter-in-law
Carl Sykes and friends travelled to London earlier this month to
take part in an eight-mile walk across eight of the capital's
famous bridges. |
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24/07/08 |
Bromley News |
Family step out in memory of Ryan
Brave Nicola Acuta and her friends
took a heartbreak walk down Memory Lane - or across eight London
Bridges to be precise - last weekend to raise funds for Cardiac
Risk in the Young. |
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23/07/08 |
News Shopper |
Plain headstone not what family wanted
The parents of eight-year-old
Charlie Morettes, who died suddenly, say a council has forced
them into putting up a headstone they do not want. |
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17/07/08 |
Bromley News |
My walk of heartache down Memory Lane
Nicola Acuta will take an emotional
walk down Memory Lane on Sunday so that others might be spared
the heartache she has suffered. |
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17/07/08 |
Dover Mercury |
Family's walk tribute to tragic footballer
Making last-minute preparations for
an emotive charity walk on Sunday are Patricia Berry and Carly
Sykes, along with 10 other members of their family. The
8km walk, across eight of London's bridges, is in aid of
CRY. |
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11/07/08 |
Alton Herald |
Lavender fields are forever
For the second weekend running
English Hampshire Lavender near Selbourne is inviting visitors
to a Lavender Experience. |
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11/07/08 |
Surrey Advertiser |
Kathryn hits right note for charity
Internationally-acclaimed opera
singer Kathryn Harries will be leading the way in the annual
fundraising walk in support of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
on Sunday 20 July. |
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03/07/08 |
Dover Mercury |
Footballer's mum shows her support
In 2005 Folkestone Invicta's Paul
Sykes died suddenly during a football match, aged just 28.
This month his mother Patricia Berry is travelling to London
with her family to take part in the emotional fund-raising walk
in support of CRY. |
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12/06/08 |
Malling Chronicle |
Fundraiser set for next challenge
A Sevenoaks fundraiser hopes to add
to the £120,000 he has amassed in the past year for a heart
charity when he cycles from Lands End to John O' Groats in July.
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02/06/08 |
Kent Messenger |
Friends play to remember Jack
Jack Maddams was 17 when he suffered
a fatal heart attack brought on by a rare disease. Shocked
by his death, Jack's friends decided to organise a charity
football tournament. |
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14/05/08 |
News Shopper (Dartford & Swanley) |
Paying tribute to 'special angel'
On May 16 last year, eight-year-old
Charlie Morettes collapsed and died from sudden cardiac death
while playing rounders at his school in Sutton-at-Hone.
One year on from the tragedy, his mother and stepfather pay
tribute to him. |
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09/05/08 |
The Portsmouth News |
Why do so many young people die suddenly?
After their teenage son died of
sudden death syndrome on the football pitch, Alice and Stephen
Reading channelled their grief into raising awareness.
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09/05/08 |
The Portsmouth News |
A true free spirit, our Ed really was someone special
One minute he was scoring a goal
playing the game he loved. The next he was dead.
Football-mad teenager Edward Reading, had his whole life ahead
of him when he collapsed and died on the pitch. |
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02/05/08 |
Kent Messenger |
Friends set up tournament in memory of Jack
Talented teenager Jack Maddams may
be gone but he certainly isn't forgotten. Friends of the
17-year-old, who died in his sleep a month ago, are organising a
charity five-a-side football tournament in his memory.
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17/04/08 |
Dover Mercury |
London Marathon runner's tribute to tragic brother
Dover postman Peter Sykes completed
the London Marathon in just under four hours on Sunday, the day
after the third anniversary of the death of his brother Paul.
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08/04/08 |
Fleet News
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Runners
raised £3,000
Workers from a Fleet electronics
firm ran the town's half marathon to raise money for a charity
which helps detect life-threatening heart conditions.
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03/04/08 |
The Surrey Mirror |
'I fear Jemima may have her father's heart defect'
Grieving widow Aranya Weller is
fraught with worry that her two-year-old daughter may suffer the
same heart defect that killed her husband. |
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28/03/08 |
Surrey Advertiser |
Cardiac arrest can strike anyone at any age and at any time
Chatting on the phone, confirming
plans to come and babysit the next day, Frances Allen was
tragically unaware this would be the last conversation she would
ever have with her daughter Jane. |
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27/03/08 |
Dover Mercury |
Marathon run tribute to tragic footballer
Dover postman Peter Sykes' attempt
at the London Marathon comes a day after the third anniversary
of the sudden death of his brother Paul, so emotions are bound
to run high. |
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26/03/08 |
The
Post |
Cardiac charity awarded £10K
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) has
received an extra special start to Spring by being chosen as one
of 90 deserving winners of a £10,000 Children's Charity Award
from NatWest Bank. |
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20/03/08 |
Folkestone Herald |
Charity ride for Steven
Friends and former colleagues of
Steve Tanner, who died from a heart attack in 2005, have
completed a gruelling 12-hour bike ride. |
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10/03/08 |
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust website |
UK's first fast-track cardiac pathology lab for sudden deaths
opens at Royal Brompton Hospital
A new pathology lab offering hope to
many bereaved families who have lost a child or loved one
through sudden cardiac death opened at the Royal Brompton
Hospital on Friday (7 March 2008). Funded by the charity Cardiac
Risk in the Young (CRY), the new fast-track pathology service
will turnaround results within approximately two weeks providing
answers to grieving families who would have previously had to
wait up to 18 months. |
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10/03/08 |
Royal Brompton &
Harefield NHS Trust Intranet |
150 people attend launch
of cutting edge pathology lab
Over
150 people gathered at Royal Brompton last Friday evening (7
March 2008) for the opening of a new pathology laboratory
offering hope for those who have lost loved ones to sudden
cardiac death. |
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16/02/08 |
The Weekly News |
I was suffering from hidden heart condition
I couldn't believe what the
cardiologist was telling me and, at first, I thought he was
being overly dramatic. After all I was an international
athlete, who'd represented England in the 400m hurdles at the
Commonwealth Games in Manchester. |
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February 2008 |
BBC Southern Counties Radio |
Interviews with Alison Cox and
Vanessa Tardif (Audio
clips)
CRY Chief Executive Alison Cox and CRY Supporter Vanessa Tardif were
interviewed about young sudden cardiac death on BBC Southern Counties
radio (click on names for audio clips). |
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31/01/08 |
The Sutton Guardian |
Sudden death can be avoided with a CRY for help and a few simple
tests
Every week eight apparently fit and
healthy young people drop down dead and that is a conservative
estimate. All leave bereaved families shocked, grief
stricken and angry that such a thing can happen to young people
in the prime of life. |
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21/11/07 |
Hailsham Gazette |
Farewell to Posy Bowl
A popular family-run florist which
is closing its doors after 36 years in business is to mark its
farewell by raising more than £5,000 for charity. |
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18/10/07 |
Swanley Messenger |
Golden silence in memory of a lovable boy
A self-confessed chatterbox is
hoping to say 'mum' for 24 hours in memory of Charlie Morrettes,
who died earlier this year while playing rounders. |
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