2005

Families unite to tackle cruel killer

Every week eight young people across Britain die suddenly from undetected heart conditions. Now in an effort to highlight this devastating loss the charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young – is launching postcards across all areas of the country with photographs of eight young people from that area who have died in these tragic

Fit and healthy, yet heart infection claimed teenager Nicholas' life

Ballinderry schoolboy Nicholas Collins was just 16 years of age when he suffered from a fatal viral infection in 1998. At the time knowledge of causes of heart diseases among young people was relatively scant. The keen, fit, basketball player spent seven weeks at the coronary care unit at the City Hospital, Belfast before passing away

Charities are winners too!

Frinton and Walton Gazette Fundraisers from across Tendring put their running shoes on to come up with the case for charity in the 25th anniversary Flora London Marathon. One Frinton family’s effort paid off beyond their wildest dreams. Sarah Perry, 32, died tragically after a long battle with anorexia. And since then her father, Chris Perry,

Runners take the marathon course to charitable victory

This time last year she couldn’t run a mile. But on Sunday one  Watford woman showed just what you can do if you put your mind to it – by running an entire marathon. Tessa Denham-Cookes, from Watford, ran the 26 miles in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). She said: “It was really good,

Birdman home – behind rhino

A granddad in a bird costume completed the London Marathon – but he was disappointed to be overtaken by a rhino and an inflatable taxi in the final straight! Dale Lyons completed his “31st” London Marathon in five hours 12 minutes, raising money along the way to help reintroduce the Great Bustard back to Britain. The

Tessa's marathon effort helps charity

This time last year she couldn’t run a mile. But on Sunday one Watford woman showed just what you can do if you put your mind to it – by running an entire marathon. Tessa Denham-Cookes from Watford, ran the 26 miles in aid of a little-known charity called Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). She

Friends to jump in memory of Martyn

Friends of a Harrow Weald man who died suddenly during a football match are organising a skydive to help fund research into the heart condition that claimed his life. Martyn Simpson, of Brookshill, was 24 when he collapsed while playing for his local team, Parkfield, in August. Although he had no history of heart trouble, he

Marathon for tragic Richard

Frinton and Walton Gazette  A Clacton policeman is to run in the London marathon in memory of a colleague’s ten-year-old son who died while he was playing. PC Trevor Abrahams is hoping to raise £1,250 for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) which works to raise awareness of Sudden Death Syndrome and campaigns for

Postcard plan that highlights heart tragedy

They were all young people full of promise and life. But they were struck down by a cruel, unseen killer. The charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young, is today unveiling a poster-sized version of a thought-provoking postcard featuring eight young people from Yorkshire who died from previously undetected heart conditions. The eight had no apparent symptoms