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Determined pair able to complete challenge Two Rugeley women raised £1,500 for good causes when they finished their first triathlon. Katherine Hill and Samantha Batey took part in the event at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and were raising money for the charities Cardiac Risk in the Young and Cancer Research. They completed a 750 metre swim,

A benefit fund has been set up to help former Orient player Andy Scott who was forced to retire last season. He was diagnosed with a genetic heart condition that doctors warned could kill him if he continued to carry out any physical exercise. The 32-year-old, who was last week named as the club

A leading cardiac charity has been praised for its work by Welsh politicians. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is in its 10th anniversary year and the charity held an awareness event in Cardiff Bay at the Welsh Assembly building. Every week eight apparently fit and healthy young people die in the UK from undiagnosed heart

Children at a Wearside school are learning to save lives, as a tribute to a former pupil who died suddenly in his sleep. The youngsters at Usworth Colliery Primary School, Washington, are also raising money for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), which wants the Government to introduce a heart screening programme for children

Directly elected Assembly Member for Alyn and Deeside, Carl Sargeant, has spoken out congratulating the organisation CRY, Cardiac Risk in the Young, in their 10th anniversary year, for all the work they

The sister of a girl who died from a heart attack has completed her collection for a charity challenge, exactly a year after the tragedy. Kyla Hanson from Market Weighton has raised £1,000 for completing 500 miles on a rowing machine and 500 miles on an exercise bike over a month. Kyla, 23, raised the money for

A health expert spearheading research into Sudden Unexpected Deaths Syndrome (Suds) has been sharing his knowledge in the House of Commons. Professor Mark Rees, of Swansea School of Medicine, was invited to a parliamentary reception organised by the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity last week. The Professor Neurological and Cardiac Genetics said:

Family rebuilding their lives after death of football-mad son The mother of a 20-year-old man who died from an undetected heart condition has spoken of her determination to help raise people

Heart attacks in young people should be tackled, according to Malcolm Moss, MP for Cambridgeshire North-East. He is concerned at the lack of awareness about cardiac problems affecting often fit and healthy teenagers who play sport, and is pressing for action by the National Health Service. The Tory front-bencher has backed a Commons motion supporting moves