Shoppers at Abbey centre helped get the Mayor's Christmas Charity Collection underway this weekend, as Aldermany Lynn Frazer took to her feet in aid of her three chosen charities – the Make a Wish Foundation UK, CRY and the Antrim Area Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Volunteers from the charities will continue giving the Mayor a helping
A Sutton Coldfield family has been nominated for the Goodfella’s Fellas Family of the Year Award 2006. But before the Whitehead’s neighbours worry, the award is from the Pizza firm and not based on the ultra-violent gangster film Goodfellas. Jo Bradley-Whitehead nominated her family for the award for the fortitude they have shown through difficult times.
The heartbroken parents of Kasia Ber have launched a campaign to stop other families losing loved ones to rare heart conditions. An inquest heard how 17-year-old Kasia had a condition known as Long QT syndrome and may have died last December after being startled by her mobile phone ringing, having suffered a heart arrhythmia brought on
A teenager was literally scared to death by the sudden ringing of her mobile telephone, an inquest was told yesterday. It rang with an alarm call at 7am and Kasia Ber, 17, was so startled it triggered heart failure. Unknown to anyone, she was suffering from a coronary condition in which attacks can be triggered by
A family is calling for more research into sudden death among young people as it claims a mobile phone ring may have sparked their daughter’s death Kasia Ber, 17, who had an undiagnosed heart problem, died in bed at her parents’ County Durham home last year. Click here to read this article in full
A mobile phone alarm killed a 17-year-old girl who had an undiagnosed heart condition, her father said yesterday. Kasia Ber died in bed at her parents home in Horden, Co Durham, on December 28 last year. Subsequent tests showed she was suffering the genetic disorder Long QT syndrome, which can be treated with beta blockers. Her
A teenager’s sudden death from an undiagnosed heart complaint has made her family determined to ensure others do not suffer their loss. Kasia Ber, 17, died at her home in Brier Avenue, Horden, East Durham, on the morning of December 28, last year. It was only discovered after she died that she had been suffering from
A crusading mum has reached her goal of raising enough money to fund vital life saving equipment. Ruth Lowe’s son Andrew Parr collapsed and died on a night out at Tokyo Jo’s club in Preston in 2004, aged just 21, victim of un undiagnosed heart condition. After his death Mrs Lowe, 50, of Woodplumpton, set up
A grief-stricken mum is raising cash for charity in memory of her teenage son. Daniel Boughey, 14, died in his sleep just hours after his family was filmed for Channel 4’s reality show Wife Swap. It is believed the Ruskin Sports College pupil fell victim to a mysterious illness known as Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).
The memory of a young Hartland man who would have just turned 21 has been marked by a charity sky dive. Martyn Luckett died of sudden adult death syndrome, SADS, aged 19, in July last year. Since his death Martyn’s family and friends have been constantly fundraising for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY,
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