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More than 200 young people turned up for free heart screening sessions aimed at detecting potential cardiac problems.

The sessions were organised by the Jude Harvey Foundation, named after a 19-year-old man who died from an undiagnosed heart condition while on holiday in Ibiza in July 2023.

Jude’s father Gary Harvey said the slots at the Civic Centre in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, were fully booked across Saturday and Sunday.

Choking back the tears, he said witnessing the event had made him “really proud – because that’s Jude’s legacy”.

Jude was a trainee hairdresser when he died.

His father said the teenager had showed no signs of any cardiac condition and would go to the gym several times a week with his dad.

“He was perfect – there had never been any reason for him to be checked for this,” Mr Harvey said.