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Free heart checks are being offered to young people in West Yorkshire thanks to funds raised by the family of an eight-year-old boy who died from a cardiac arrest.

Jasper Cook, from Birkenshaw, died in January 2022, three days after he fell ill with Covid-19.

His mother, Kim, said the family were determined to help save other young lives and have raised money for the screening event through the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).

The event, which was open for anyone aged between 14-25 to book appointments at Jasper’s old school, Birkenshaw Primary, began at 10:00 GMT.

It is the second time the event has been held, with the first one screening about 200 people last year.

Of those, about 30 people were referred for further checks on their heart, Mrs Cook said.