Families whose lives have been devastated by Sudden Cardiac Death are hoping a new campaign will help save the lives of others.
National charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) will unveil a new postcard campaign on Friday that features the faces of eight young people from the North West who died suddenly of previously undetected heart conditions.
Among them will be David Staff, of Hoddlesden, and Neil Wickers, of Darwen, who, like the other six victims, had no apparent symptoms or history of bad health.
CRY says hundreds of sudden cardiac deaths which occur every year in the UK could be prevented if simple cardiac screening was more accessible.
Hundreds of postcards will be distributed and recipients urged to send them to MPs to pressure them into supporting the campaign.
