Burnley Tennis Club will be holding its first ever round the clock tournament in memory of its former ladies captain. The club will be playing tennis and table tennis for 24 hours in honour of talented player and former junior coach Vicki Taylor who died suddenly two years ago. The event is being held to jointly
A man has had his 30-inch locks chopped to raise money for a charity he helps to promote. Bradley Farrow, 22 and from Sheerwater, accepted the challenge of having his head shaved in front of a pub packed with punters. His hair will now be sold to a wigmaker to raise even more cash for Cardiac
He was, it seemed, a fit and healthy man; a professional athlete at the peak of his powers. But just after Christmas last year, Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell collapsed and died while playing the game he loved. The 35-year-old former Celtic and Scotland midfielder was a victim of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), an umbrella term for the
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. James Brown, 32, of Braeside Avenue, has now added to the £120,000 he has already amassed in the past year for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – a charity
Four members of the same family are ticking time bombs – they have a genetic "sudden death" condition that could kill them at any moment. Rob Griffiths, 44, and three of his children – Rhys, 20, Rhiann, five and Nelly, two – all suffer from Long QT syndrome, which can cause the heart to stop suddenly.
Dad Rob Griffiths hugs his little girls – who like him have a genetic condition that can spell sudden death. Rob, 44, Nelly, two, and Rhiann, five, suffer from Long QT, which may stop the heart without warning. Emotion, a shock or even an alarm going off can trigger an attack. Ex-soldier Rob – whose student son
Ryan Darby was just 27 when he died from a heart attack in a hotel room in Bangkok. To this day doctors still cannot tell his family exactly what happened on that September night in 2006. He was one of eight apparently fit and healthy young people who die from undiagnosed heart conditions every week in
Pupils at Sir William Stanier Community School have met Crewe and Nantwich MP Edward Timpson to share with him their ideas of how to re-develop Crewe town centre. They also discussed their views on plans to move Crewe Station to Basford Sidlings, following his tour of the school and a look at plans for the new
A 29-year-old man died from a rare heart condition on the morning of his friend’s wedding. And the devastated parents of Matthew Wallbank, of Lime Street, Great Harwood, have awoken of their shock at their apparently healthy son’s sudden death. They have made an emotional plea to young people across East Lancashire to get tested for
Free heart screening is a step closer after top names from television battled it out with football legends. The showbiz 11 and East Anglian Legends took to the pitch at Harwich and Parkeston to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Crowds gathered to see names, including Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas, Jess Conrad, Peter Purves