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Stuart Jackson and David Brind.

Morpeth man's heart attack inspires incredible £100,000 fundraising effort

The team at Morpeth-based TMP Wealth Management raised more than £6,000 for the British Heart Foundation.

Group from Morpeth business raise over £6,000 by completing 29-mile charity walk

Action from last year's coaches v coaches charity game. Picture: Stuart Evans

Former pros to play at Morpeth Town's ground

Representatives of Dobbies and the British Heart Foundation come together to raise awareness of the RevivR online tool. Picture by Stewart Attwood.

New CPR training set up for Dobbies staff at stores in Northumberland

The British Heart Foundation has confirmed a cyclist in his 60s died while taking part in the London to Brighton Bike Ride on Sunday.

Man dies during London to Brighton charity bike ride

The common examples of ultra-processed foods include ice cream, ham, sausages, crisps, mass-produced bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits, carbonated drinks, fruit-flavoured yoghurt, instant soups, and some alcoholic drinks including whisky, gin, and rum.

Ultra-processed foods - are they really harmful

British Heart Foundation said the number of people with a heart rhythm condition has passed 1.5 million.

People diagnosed with irregular heartbeats surpassed 1.5 million

The British Heart Foundation sells rare Beatles album

The Beatles rare White Album sells for £2,350

Tesco offer free walk-in blood pressure checks in store for Heart Month 2023

Check your blood pressure for free at Tesco pharmacies

Alistair Collin pictured sitting on the Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course at St Andrews.

Alistair's epic golf challenge raises large total for heart charity

A Cartier watch, which was discovered in a bag of donations to the British Heart Foundation, has sold for almost £10,000 on eBay.

Donated Cartier watch sold nearly £10,000 on eBay

The rare and highly valuable Cartiar watch was donated anonymously to the British Heart Foundation’s charity shop in Hounslow, London.

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to make defibrillators more accessible on the high street.

Virgin Media O2 stores to install defibrillators to save lives

One lucky person is guaranteed to win a stunning North London town house worth over £3,000,000 - along with £100,000 in cash - as part of a new prize draw.

£3m London townhouse up for grabs in British Heart Foundation £10 draw

Alistair Collin pictured sitting on the Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course at St Andrews.

Final round of Alistair's big fundraising drive

The Bewick Orchestra.

Charity concert to be held in Morpeth

Mary Glindon, North Tyneside MP.

MP COLUMN: We need to shake the salt habit and save lives

John Hindmarsh raised over £1,000 on his charity bike ride.

Northumberland care worker completes charity bike ride for charity close to his ...

Sir Brendan Foster has promised the Great North Run will return to South Tyneside

Great North Run will return to Shields 'as soon as possible', vows Sir Brendan

Stuart Jackson, left, and David Brind.

Cardiac arrest survivor urging businesses to back £60,000 fund-raiser for life-s...

How to choose a blood pressure monitor for home use

HeartSafe has a map of the UK's publicly available defibrillators (HeartSafe)

This is how to find your nearest defibrillator - and how to do CPR

A crumpet can contain as much salt as two portions of McDonald’s chips

You can donate your Tesco Clubcard points to help people in need - here’s how

A man died after consuming "excessive amounts of liquorice" (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the possible side effects of eating too much liquorice after doctors l...

The supermarket introduced a charity scheme during the pandemic allowing shoppers to contribute spare pennies. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Tesco accused of rounding up shopping bills to the nearest pound - without permi...

Eating chocolate could make you eight per cent less likely to suffer heart disease (Shutterstock)

Eating chocolate could lower your risk of heart disease - here’s what the study ...

Around 9,620 fewer heart ultrasound tests were carried out in the North East after lockdown began, the British Heart Foundation has revealed. Picture: Getty.

Huge drop in heart 'echo' tests during lockdown

This is what you need to know about AFib (Photo: Shutterstock)

FitBit is carrying out a study to detect common heart condition AFib - here’s wh...

All British Heart Foundation stores have temporarily closed

‘Haunted’ shop staff scared stiff by ghost