Tragic mum's bid to save youngsters

A bereaved mum is campaigning for young people to be screened for potential cardiovascular disorders following the death of her son from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. Ruth Lowe, of Fulwood, says if her 21-year-old son Andrew Parr had been given an ECG, his heart problem, which went undetected until his death, may have been picked up sooner.

Andrew, who was a vehicle electronic equipment installer for Base Systems on Fylde Road, Preston, collapsed outside Tokyo Joe