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A family from Carlisle have set up a free heart screening weekend to honour their son who passed away after an unexplained cardiac arrest.

Liam Dodd, a ‘perfectly fit and healthy’ 20-year-old died in 2019 after coming home from a trip to the cinema with his girlfriend.

He had no previous signs or symptoms of a heart problem, and his death was registered as SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome).

Now, nearly six years later, Liam’s family and his girlfriend, Sarah Irving, have organised a free heart screening event at Caldew School, where Liam was a student, along with a fundraiser in support of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The screenings will take place on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13.