The national charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) now has its new postcards available in the Frome and Somerset Standard Office. The postcards feature pictures of eight young people who are all under the age of 35 years old and have lost their lives suddenly to previously undetected heart conditions. The eight victims pictured, which
Friends and family plaster garage with messages of love and support after tragedy A community shocked by the sudden death of a young boy has plastered his home with messages of condolence. The impromptu shrine to 10-year-old Khalid Sibley started with a few notes from his family and friends, but now it has become a wall
Darwen: A charity-bowling match was held at Two Gates bowling club, Anyon Street, on Sunday August 29. The match raised £214 for the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity (CRY), set up by the parents of two young local men. Neil Wickers, 31, and David Staff, 17, from Darwen and Hoddlesden, died as a result of
The faces of eight North-East victims of Sudden Cardiac Death are to be used as part of a life-saving campaign. The charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), which has strong backing in the North-East, including Durham North MP Kevan Jones, and Stockton South MP Dari Taylor, will launch the campaign later this month. Ms Taylor
The memory of a young Clifton footballer who died from a rare heart condition lived on as hundreds turned out to a special fund-raising event at the weekend. Soccer enthusiasts sported friendly rivalry at the ninth Dominic O
A popular Great Amwell teenager who died suddenly from a mysterious medical condition will be remembered at a charity tennis day on Sunday. Former Haileybury pupil James Wood collapsed in the family home at Yearling Close in September 2002. An inquest revealed he had died of SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome), which is similar to cot death.
Poignant date for event in memory of late teenager Family, friends and sporting colleagues of a popular Great Amwell teenager who died from a form of Sudden Death Syndrome
After Anne-Marie fainted for the third time her parents were understandably worried. But the fit, healthy 13-year-old from Ferryhill seemed none the worse for her fainting fits and three different doctors, two GP
Mum fights against the disorder that claimed her child A mother who lost her daughter after she died suddenly is leading a campaign to highlight the dangers of the killer disorder. Doreen Harley, originally from Longton, works for CRY, a charity set up to help bereaved families of Sudden Adult Death syndrome (SADs), and raise awareness