It is one of those moments you never forget. A Tuesday night training session, the floodlights sparkling with a faint trickle of drizzle. Muddy. Another 20 minutes and we'd be inside for a nice warm shower, assuming someone had remembered to turn the heater on. Call for a pass from the man inside, but he takes the contact instead and
A mother who lost her son to an undiagnosed heart defect has crossed London's eight bridges in his memory. Vera Looker joined many others on the walk, remembering their lost loved ones. Mrs Looker's son Michael was a healthy, football-mad 21-year-old who died suddenly, with no warning of a heart problem. The charity, Cardiac Risk in
Every week, eight apparently healthy, young people die from undiagnosed heart condition but many of these tragedies can be prevented. Joani Walsh reports. On June 7, 2005 Joel Davies rushed back from work to make sure that he was at home when his Glastonbury Festival tickets was delivered. It arrived around 5pm and Joel spent the evening excitedly
A heart-screening clinic set up to tackle a rise in sudden deaths in young people may have saved the lives of at least three teenagers, it has emerged. More than 600 tests have been carried out at the University of Ulster service since last November when it was launched by leading heart charity Cardiac Risk in
A loving father who died suddenly of a heart condition nobody suspected he had has been honoured by his family with a sponsored walk for a cardiac charity. Relatives and friends were shocked when apparently fit and healthy Campion Old Boys rugby player James Patterson, died in his sleep, aged 28. He had been training with
The parents of a tragic teenager who died from a rare heart defect have won support from Parliament in their fight to make a change in the law to prevent any more ‘needless’ deaths. John and Dian Ber, of Brier Avenue, Hoarden, have been campaigning since their 17-year-old daughter Kasia died after suffering a heart arrhythmia,
They've done it! Greg Whyte and his relay team of four women from ITV This Morning's Challenge Of A Lifetime have cracked the Channel. Exhausted but elated, Greg said: "It was very tough, but the girls were fabulous. "Conditions were so bad they would have challenged an accomplished swimmer. But the ladies got straight in. They were pragmatic and brave,
It is an epic adventure which sound like something from a Hollywood blockbuster film. An ambitious round-the-world flight for two Leeds lecturers and a leading cardiologist will take them over the Iraq war zone, across 2,000 miles of African deserts ande soaring above remote Indian jungles. They will travel 40,000 miles over 50 days and pass
A fundraising auction in memory of a young rugby player who died during a game raised nearly £6,000. Alun Mardon, 26, of Wattstown, Rhondda, collapsed just before half-time at a home game between Wattstown and Trefill in April. Cardiff Blues players joined about 200 members of Alun's family and friends at the Rhondda Fach Sports Centre
Cricket legend Sir Ian Botham has called for a national heart defect screening programme in the wake of a North Staffordshire teenager’s sudden death. Sir Ian OBE spoke out during a special visit to Porthill Park Cricket Club where he unveiled the Nathan Butler Memorial Stand on Saturday. He had accepted an invitation to mark the