They've done it! Gruelling heat, bee-stings and blisters weren't enough to deter an Ilfracombe mum and daughter from completing a very special sponsored walk. Teresa Chew and her daughter Kira, 11, trekked 10 miles across Malta during a family holiday in memory of Teresa's children Rachel Haigh and Jason Chew. Both died suddenly from the rare
Two Manx charities are being championed by the new Mayor and Mayoress of Douglas in their year in office. Homelessness charity Kemmryk and Craig's Heartstrong Foundation have been chosen by Mayor Ritchie McNicholl and his wife Julie for the annual appeal. The Mayoress, Mrs McNicholl, launched the mayoral charity appeal last Wednesday (June 16) at a
A teenager tragically died of natural causes while cycling his bike up Ramshill Road, an inquest found yesterday. Adam Everingham, pictured, who was 17 and a student at Yorkshire Coast College, collapsed between Sainsbury’s Local and the Ramshill Hotel on March 30. The inquest at Scarborough County Court heard that Adam’s death was the result of
Hardy walkers from a Scarborough college are set to embark on a sponsored walk in memory of a fellow student. Ben Knight, Andrew Marshall, Lewis Baxter and Carl Evans, who are studying Performing Engineering Operation at Yorkshire Cost college, will be tackling a 16-mile return journey from Sainsbury’s in Falsgrave to Hayburn Wyke to remember 17-year-old
A year after his best friend’s shock death from a hidden heart condition, David Sullivan, of Filey, has raised £1,700 in a bid to help highlight and reduce the risk to other young people. Former Filey School student Allyn McCluskie, who was just 24 when he died, had unknowingly suffered from severe coronary artery disease. Mr
Rugby players will be testing their endurance in a 24-hour non-stop match next weekend. the sponsored event will raise money for two charities close to the hearts of the Broken Badgers, an adult touch-rugby team set up last year. The event will also act as a thank you to Bugbrooke RFC, with which the Broken Badgers
Richard Stonier has tipped Meir Heath to progress from their Twenty20 Cup group tomorrow – but they will have to cope without their in-form captain. His team-mates will be doing battle with Division Three Hem Heath Forsbrook and Porthill Park A, but Stonier is swapping his bat and pads for running shoes to compete in the
A teenager who collapsed and died while jogging had commented that his heart did ‘funny things sometimes’, an inquest heard. Graham Cataldo Davies, 16, had Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS). His family is campaigning for greater awareness of the condition. Graham, who had told a teacher that he sometimes had a funny feeling in his chest,
Dewey Finn famously duped teachers and parents by taking on a bunch of talented youngsters and teaching them how to rock. Now a prep school in Surrey has become a YouTube sensation with a slick video straight out of the hit Jack Black film School of Rock. The school’s version of Pixie Lott’s No. 1 song
The mother of a Midland teenager who died from an undetected heart condition has urged young people to be screened to help avoid similar tragedies in the future. Paul Davies, from Cradley Heath, suddenly collapsed while riding his bike in January 1999, aged just 16. the teenager, who was a trainee mechanic, was healthy and active