Fundraising mum provides new heart monitor for hospital A mum whose fiancé died suddenly while playing in a football match has helped to fund a piece of equipment she hopes will prevent such a tragedy happening again. Kay Linnington, 28, has donated the heart monitor to the Horton Hospital in Banbury. She has raised more than
A new heart defibrillator means lives could be saved thanks to the charity work of a dinner lady. Sheila Clarke, who works at St Mary Magdelen School, Mortlake, raised £3,600 for the machine, which is now in place at the Sheen Lane Health Centre. Mrs Clarke, with the support of a friend’s son and pupil at
Losing her teenage son to sudden heart failure carved a huge hole in Mary Abraham’s life. Determined to stop others suffering the same fate, she dedicated herself to raising money for heart scanners for the city. Mary was presented with a Local Hero Award by Sainsburys Chairman Sir George Bull in recognition of her fundraising for
A Hampshire MP met cricket legend Ian Botham at a Parliamentary Reception. Dr Julian Lewis, who represents New Forest East, was helping to launch an all-part parliamentary group that supports the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young. Ian Botham is president of the charity, which is campaigning for screening in schools and colleges to detect hidden
More than 100 golfers held their breath on Sunday morning before it was announced that Little Hay Golf Course could open for their charity tournament after the previous day’s continual rain. They had feared the course might be too waterlogged, but Sunday’s glorious sunshine quickly lifted their spirits. The tournament included five women golfers for the first time this year and
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