Rebecca Reid chance for a Guinness World Record
Read the full article here What record title she’ll attempt: Fastest marathon with a Subcontaneous Defibrillator (S-ICD) Female The TCS London Marathon 2025 will be a new challenge for Rebecca, a 32-year-old marketing manager. This will be her ninth marathon but her first ever with the defibrillator. Rebecca underwent heart
Mum wins award by raising awareness in memory of Daniel Parris
Read the full article here TODAY, on Mother’s Day, Nicky Parris will sit on the memorial bench which is dedicated to her “kind, funny and thoughtful” son Daniel and remember just how much they meant to each other. Electrician Daniel appeared to be the picture of health before he collapsed in February
CRY supporter Hilary Nicholls speaks to ITV News on the Importance of ECGs being read by specialists to prevent young sudden deaths.
ITV Regional News has been told a “concerning” number of patients have died from heart conditions after their test results were misinterpreted by medical professionals. Clarissa Nicholls, a student at the University of Cambridge, collapsed and died while hiking with a friend in France last year. She had an ECG
My daughter went for a hike on holiday in the South of France she never came back
Read the full article here This summer, I should be planning an incredible getaway for my family of five, a precious chance to spend time together amid the general busyness of life. My twins, Clarissa and Ollie would both be 22-year-old university graduates, looking forward to their new lives, and
Debbie Dixon nominated for Pride of Britain award due to fundraising for Aaron
Read the full article here A mum who made it her mission to screen all young people for heart defects after her son’s death has been nominated for a Pride of Britain award. Debbie Dixon’s world was shattered in 2011 when 23-year-old Aaron died suddenly at home. A coroner later
Family fundraising for ‘Beloved Son’ Mike Harper who died during the Great Bristol Run
Read the full article here A man who died while taking part in the Great Bristol Run has been remembered as an “incredible brother” and “beloved son”. Mike Harper, 26, who lived in London, died on 19 May after collapsing during the race from a sudden cardiac arrest. In a
Tim’s heartbreaking story of his son on This Morning
Read the full article here This Morning viewers were left in tears on Tuesday as a caller broke down over their grief in a heartbreaking phone in segment. During the latest instalment, the ITV chat show aired a ‘coping with grief’ segment, where viewers were encouraged to phone in to
Father-to-be, dies from a heart block hours before his daughter was due to be born
Read the full article here A father-to-be died from a sudden cardiac death just hours before the birth of his first child, after doctors missed an abnormality on scans at A&E. Thomas Gibson, 40, was found unresponsive at his home in Manchester by partner Rebecca Moss who was 39 weeks
Anthony Lane’s family hope screening will help others
Read the full article here A screening day to help identify undiagnosed heart conditions in young people is being held in memory of a son who died unexpectedly. Mercedes engineer Anthony Lane, from Rugby, Warwickshire, suffered cardiac arrest aged 26. He had been exercising alone on a turbo trainer bike
Rodger Hill’s cycle from Edinburgh to Dublin for the Memorial Quaich in memory of David Hill
Read the full article here Everything is relative, even in such frenzied, perspective-clouding surrounds as the final weekend of a Six Nations Championship with all still to play for. Whatever happens between Ireland and Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening, there will be nothing to match the symbolism
In Memory of David Hill cyclists set out for Dublin
Read the full article here Scotland rugby supporters set out on a poignant fund-raising cycle at the weekend in memory of one of their own. David Hill, an aide at the Scottish Parliament, died two years ago from a hitherto undiagnosed heart condition. He was only 30. He had been
‘Heart scan could have saved my brother’
Read the full article here One hundred pupils at Belfast High School have had heart scans after a former student died of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). Nicky Adair died in March 2020, aged 37. He was “fully fit and healthy”, according to his brother and sister, who are trying
Andrew Osborne Atlantic row in memory of his daughter
Read the full article here No one knew that Amy had a heart problem until her sudden death. Afterwards, her father Andrew Osborne set out to help others by rowing the Atlantic One January evening five years ago, my eldest daughter rang me up and said she had found my
My daughter was only 20 when I lost her to cardiac arrest
Read the full article here Clarissa was my miracle baby: a dot on a scan behind her twin brother Ollie, which was initially dismissed as a minor bleed. She came along for free, a surprise gift. It’s a thought I hold on to now I’ve lost her. Nothing prepares you
Young Policeman ‘went to bed and never woke up’
Read the full article here One family was left horrified after a “fit and healthy” young police officer went to bed one night and never woke up. Aiden Joyce, from Tillicoultry, was described as a “fit and healthy” young man. The 28-year-old was a serving police officer who had been
Steve is Interviewed by ITV about undiagnosed heart conditions
Read the full article here A rugby player from Oxfordshire who says he’s lucky to be alive after suffering a cardiac arrest, is on a mission to get more young people learning CPR. Morgan MacRae, 22, from Henley-on-Thames, suffered a cardiac arrest in August. His girlfriend had to perform CPR
Jonathan Stead’s family are raising awareness of CRY in his memory
Read the full article here A ‘FIT and healthy’ young man died suddenly without warning after taking a nap. Jono Stead, 27, from Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, lost his life on December 14, 2022, because of an undiagnosed heart condition. The sport-loving accountant had recently started his own business
Cardiac Screening held at Richards old clubs
When Richard Brember died in June 2018, aged 32, of an undiagnosed cardiac problem, he had just been appointed 2nd XV skipper at Farnham RUFC. His family became aware of the work that Cardiac Risk In The Young (CRY) were doing to better understand and support families affected. One of
Parents have raised £77,563 so far for CRY enabling over 1000 cardiac screenings in memory of son
The parents of a man who died from a rare cardiac arrest when he was just 26 years old have raised enough money to screen over 1000 young hearts in his memory. Pardeep Nagra from Wolverhampton collapsed and died from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or SADs, which kills at least 12 young people
Aspiring cricketer fundraising for CRY following cardiac arrest
Ben Aldred was in a coma for almost 72 hours after collapsing and suffering a cardiac arrest while walking on a Perth beach in October 2022. The teenager had only just arrived in Australia, where he was planning to spend the winter to develop his cricket career at the Darren
Family organise charity football match to raise funds and awareness for CRY
The family of a young man from Cheadle who died from an undiagnosed heart condition say they’re doing all they can to stop another family going through what they have. Ben was a keen footballer and a Manchester City fan. It later emerged he had an undiagnosed heart condition which
Event held in memory of former staff member, Jess Whalley
Winning a 0-80 handicap worth £12,000 might not mean much to a Classic-winning trainer, but Hugo Palmer took great pride and delight in the victory of Pearly Star at Chester on Friday as it came on the card which remembered late staff member Jess Whalley. A key part of Palmer’s
Family Organizes ‘Kick for CRY’ Charity Football Match in Memory of Ben Peters, Who Died Due to an Undiagnosed Heart Condition”
Ben Peters, 25, died hours after being discharged from hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with anxiety – but his family discovered he had a catastrophic haemorrhage within his heart Ben’s family now want to raise awareness of the condition and raise money for a charity supporting families which lose young
Andrew completes his 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic to raise funds for Cardiac Screening.
Mr Osborne, whose daughter Amy died in her sleep aged 25 in 2017, had raised £169,025 through the charity row as of March 28 for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) with the support of sponsors, helping to fund around 3,000 lifesaving heart screening tests for under-35s. “Despite the challenge,
Parents of David Hill want to see routine cardiac screenings offered to all Scottish young people
Since the death of their son, David Hill, who tragically died of an undetected heart condition, his parents. Rodger Hill and Sharon Duncan, have been very active fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young. They want to raise awareness as well as funds so that they can host heart screenings and help save young lives; and
