ITV News Central – 24th February 2013 The father of Pardeep Nagra, who died in 2008 from sudden adult death syndrome, has raised over £7,000 for CRY, enabling 200 youngsters to have their hearts screened. Mr Nagra said: “My son was full of life and our lives are very hard now. We are doing this so
Little Kallista Heavey was just eight months old when she died suddenly in Paris of what was initially thought to be an allergic reaction. In the space of just a day, the bubbly baby turned into a very sick child because of what was later found to be heart disease. Now her family are campaigning to
Thomas and Debbie Heavey’s family holiday to Paris turned to tragedy when their eight-month-old daughter Kallista was suddenly struck down by a heart condition. But just nine months after losing their beloved daughter, the couple are preparing for a charity walk and hope the money they raise will help prevent another family from going through the
Music fans are set to travel from far and wide to attend a concert in Malvern being staged by a Worcestershire band in tribute to a great friend of theirs who died after a cardiac malfunction. Fifty-eight-year-old Keith Jones of the band Rare Breed said they had sold nearly 200 tickets in less than a month
A photo of a 15-year-old boy from Worcestershire who died suddenly due to an undetected heart condition features on a provoking new postcard to raise awareness of cardiac death in the young. Robert Poysor will be seen alongside seven other young people, including 32-year-old Scott Alan Jackson, also from the county, who all lost their lives
A granddad in a bird costume completed the London Marathon – but he was disappointed to be overtaken by a rhino and an inflatable taxi in the final straight! Dale Lyons completed his “31st” London Marathon in five hours 12 minutes, raising money along the way to help reintroduce the Great Bustard back to Britain. The
Alison Linforth, a “bubbly and happy” 16-year-old, had complained of slight chest pains, but these had been passed off as indigestion. The teenager was sitting at her desk on her first day as an A-level student last September when she suddenly fell unconscious. Staff at Cadbury Sixth Form College in Kings Norton, Birmingham, tried to revive