The father of a 25-year-old woman who died in her sleep from an undiagnosed heart condition has completed a 3,000-mile (4,828km) row across the Atlantic
A dad is just hours away from completing a charity row across the Atlantic Ocean in memory of his daughter. His mission was to raise money to screen young people for undiagnosed heart conditions. Andrew’s inspiration was his daughter Amy, who died suddenly at the age of 25 of a heart condition. He has already raised £137,000.
Andrew Osborne from Rutland has completed 1,000 miles in his three-month solo row to raise money for screening young people for undiagnosed heart conditions. Amy, Andrew’s daughter, died suddenly when she was 25. Having set off from the Canary Islands on Sunday, January 8, the 57-year-old has been at sea for a month. Andrew has raised
STUDENTS and staff at Old Swinford Hospital school have taken part in a cardiac screening programme which has been held annually since the untimely death of fitness instructor Zoë Teale. 100 students and staff aged 14 to 35 were tested by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), a charity raising awareness of undetected cardiac abnormalities in young
A dad who is rowing across the Atlantic in memory of his daughter, Amy, has raised £100,000. Andrew Osborne from Rutland is into his second week of a three-month challenge to cross the ocean and raise money to test young people for heart conditions. After eight days he had covered nearly 400 miles despite facing enormous waves and
A dad has begun his mission to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Andrew Osborne will spend the next three months on board a six-metre boat with no mobile phone signal and the nearest humans being on the International Space Station. The Rutlander wants to raise £100,000 to screen 1,000 young people for undiagnosed heart conditions. His
VETERAN Stourbridge marathon runner Pete Teale says he’s run his last 26-2 mile race after completing Sunday’s London Marathon. Pete, who works as catering manager at Old Swinford Hospital school in Stourbridge, has run five marathons and 20 half marathons over the years to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in memory of his
A memorial festival was held on Sunday 28th August at Ambleside Sports Club in Nuneaton in memory of Luke Henney and Lee Welland. A football match was played between friends of Luke and Lee with Team Welland winning the Luke Henney memorial cup on this occasion. There was street food available, a sweet stall, bouncy castle and
Young people from 4th West Bridgford Scouts have been learning and practicing life saving first aid skills in the wake of losing a much-loved leader at the group. Earlier this year the group were heartbroken to discover one of their leaders, Adam Dearnley, had passed away suddenly aged just 26 from an as yet unknown cardiac
Two “great men” have inspired a fundraising first in Nuneaton. The Luke and Lee Memorial Festival 2022 is being held at Ambleside Sports and Social Club next weekend. It is fitting that the event is being held at the place where the two meant so much to so many people. Luke Henney sadly died after falling ill during an