A 23-year-old man suffering from a heart condition has run a half-marathon to help raise funds for an organisation working with young cardiac sufferers. Russ Davey, an electrician, who works for Ipswich Town Football Club, suffers from an irregular and fast heart beat. Mr Davey, who lives in Stowmarket, has to take medication daily to treat
Brenda Lukett and members of her family are pictured after taking part in the London Bridges Walk organised by the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). They raised around £800 for a memorial fund set up after her son Martyn died of Myocarditis, a form of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome in 2005 at the age
Channel 5 discussion show ‘The Wright Stuff’ featured the issue of young widows and asked: what’s it like to have the love of your life taken away when you’re still in your twenties or thirties? Is the experience different if you’ve had time to prepare for your partner’s death compared to it happening quite suddenly? Is
The family of a teenage girl who died from a rare and undetected heart condition has urged other young people to take part in health checks in Suffolk this weekend. Laura Fox, 13, was found dead at her home in Woodbridge in August, 1998, and her parents, Robi and Kate of Borrett Place, have since dedicated
A major summit at Westminster which was prompted by the death of a Leigh teenager has generated revolutionary ideas to tackle death in young athletes. Coincidentally, it was two years to the day after the death of talented Daniel Young that representatives from the worlds of health and football met with a local MP Andy Burnham.
Ten years after her son died suddenly from a hidden heart defect, Marje Scott is pulling on her trainers to do the Great North Run in his memory. She will also be raising money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), which is lobbying the Government for all young people to undergo standard cardiac screening. Mike
A teenager who collapsed and died during a physical education lesson at Londonderry college on Wednesday was the third such tragedy in the past few weeks. Family and friends were still trying to come to terms with the death of James McGowan, 15, described as a "special wee boy". The teenager collapsed and died in front
A family’s two-year wait to learn how their teenage son died has finally ended. Stephen and Hayley Worgan lost their football-mad son in 205. Yesterday, they heard details of their son’s final moment, playing the sport he loved. They had it confirmed that it was sudden adult death syndrome that robbed them of their son. Luke
Two Loughborough families have raised more than £6,000 for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in memory of Hannah McDonogh, 20, who passed away in her sleep. Hannah was in her second year as a student of fine art at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design when she was discovered in her bed by her
Tributes have been paid to a man described as the driving force behind an annual Brighouse soccer festival. Mr Barry O’Loughlin, whose funeral took place on Tuesday, had helped organise the Dominic O’Loughlin Soccer Festival, run by Clifton Rangers in memory of his son Dominic. the festival was first held in 1996 two years after Dominic died