Free heart screening is a step closer after top names from television battled it out with football legends. The showbiz 11 and East Anglian Legends took to the pitch at Harwich and Parkeston to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Crowds gathered to see names, including Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas, Jess Conrad, Peter Purves
A Llantrisant family travelled to London for an emotional fundraising walk in memory of their son. Anne and Trevor Thomas wanted to raise awareness for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) after losing their son Gareth, 21, to an undiagnosed cardiac illness in his sleep in February last year. The Thomases thanked friends and
An all-day live music extravaganza is to be held this weekend in memory of a young woman struck down by adult cot death. The Railway Tavern in Nuneaton is to be filled with local talent for a Charity Gig on Saturday in memory of Claire Keen who died three years ago of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – or
A Dover family let their feet do the work to raise money for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young. Patricia Berry, her daughter-in-law Carly Sykes and friends travelled to London earlier this month to take part in an eight-mile walk across eight of the capital's famous bridges. For Patricia and Carly, the event had extra meaning,
Brave Nicola Acuta and her friends took a heartbreak walk down Memory Lane – or across eight London Bridges to be precise – last weekend to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Nicola and her late fiancé's parents made their emotional trek to support CRY after Nicola's 27-year-old fiancé Ryan died from a
More than 20 friends have taken a step towards raising awareness for a cardiac risk charity. Fiona and Paul Roberts were joined by friends in an emotional walk and raised more than £2,000 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young. The couple, who run The Brook pub in Brookfields, Cambridge, got involved with the charity
The parents of an eight-year-old boy who died suddenly say a council has forced them into putting up a headstone they do not want. Charlie Morettes collapsed and died from sudden cardiac death while playing rounders at his school in Sutton-at-Hone on May 16 last year. His mother and stepfather, Allison and Tony Spalding, wanted to
Television stars are set to dust off their football boots so hundreds of youngsters can finally benefit from a potentially life-saving screening unit. Household names, including GMTV presenter Ben Shephard, Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas, and former Eastenders star Dean Gaffney, are rumoured to be among the celebrities attending the football match in Dovercourt. Sean Connery, Sir
Nicola Acuta will take an emotional walk down Memory Lane on Sunday so that others might be spared the heartache she has suffered. The young Bromley mum will join the 8km walk across eight London's bridges in support of the charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). She will make the trek in memory of her
Making last-minute preparations for an emotive charity walk on Sunday are Patricia Berry and Carly Sykes, along with 10 other members of their family. The 8km walk, across eight of London's bridges, is in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young. Patricia's son and Carly's husband, footballer Paul Sykes, died in 2005 from an undiagnosed heart
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