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A Hull FC and England player is to auction two pairs of his boots to raise money and awareness in memory of a college friend. Richard Whiting, 22, will put the boots he wore in Hull FC's Grand Final appearance against St Helens in October, and the boots he wore playing for England, on an Internet

A serious kidney infection turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to 28-year-old Jon Cotterill-Bolsover. It led to a chance diagnosis of a rare genetic heart condition which would have probably killed him by the time he was 31 if left undetected. Jon was being taken to Barnsley hospital when paramedics spotted abnormalities

Heard the one about the comedian with no experience of open-water swimming taking on the English Channel known throughout the world as the blue riband event for the sport? Well, yes, you probably have; Little Britain star David Walliams' exploits for Comic Relief last year captured the public's imagination and hearts, as he raised over £1m for

A breast cancer survivor will tackle a gruelling bike ride through Cuba to raise cash for charity. Stephanie Waldron, 50, who used to live with her family at Oxmoor, in Huntingdon, will join 40 other riders for the six-day, 320km Big Heart Bike Ride in April. Stephanie, a cardiac rehabilitation co-ordinator at Doddington Community Hospital in

Generous taxi passengers have donated more than £70 to charity in memory of an eight-year-old Sittingbourne boy who died three years ago. Adam Payne died at the Swallows Leisure Centre during a football match on Sunday, January 25, 2004 from a rare heart condition known as sudden death syndrome which caused an unexpected cardiac arrest. His

Try as he might, Scott Fleming just can't remember much about the day he died. He can remember what he did the night before – "I stayed up late to watch a film," he says – and he can even remember sitting up in hospital after six days in a coma to learn he was gravely

Hospital equipment worth £3,500 has been donated in the memory of two young people who died of heart conditions. Wrexham Maelor Hospital has been given two 24-hour Holter monitors for use by the cardi0-respiratory department. The presentation was made by Doreen Harley, inquest supporter for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (Cry). The monitors were bought

Kyla Hanson is pictured with her certificate following a 12-hour spinning stint for charity. Kyla, 25, raised £500 for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) when she competed a 12-hour sponsored spinathon in October. Her sister Jodie, who was 20, died in 2004 after suffering a heart attack brought on by an undetected condition. The spinathon is the