A Chance To Live
The Northern Echo's campaign A Chance to Live was launched in June 1999 after the tragic death of Ian Weir, a 38-year-old father of two boys.
Ian, who was The Northern Echo's deputy chief photographer, died of a second heart attack after waiting seven months for a hospital appointment. He died the day before he was due to see a consultant at South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough.
A Chance to Live aims to have all heart by-pass patients seen as soon as possible by specialists. In Europe, the average wait is less than three months. In Britain it can be around a year. A Chance to Live aims to close that gap.
| Serious message behind a fun day | | 6:08pm Thursday 4th May 2006 | | THE return of the Great North Walk this summer will provide a great day out for thousands of people. Along with more serious walkers will be droves of ordinary people out to enjoy a day in the countryside around Darlington. |
| Company delighted to support event | | 6:06pm Thursday 4th May 2006 | | TESCO are delighted to be the principal sponsor of this year's Great North Walk. We are very aware of the history of the event from its first staging at Newburn, on the North bank of the Tyne, west of Newcastle, in 1988. |
| Gyms to spread fitness message | | 6:03pm Thursday 4th May 2006 | | A STRING of new gymnasiums is being set up in the wake of the successful Wellness On Wheels fitness initiative. |
| Travelling gym helps residents to shape up | | 2:14pm Wednesday 3rd August 2005 | | A TRAVELLING gym is putting residents through their paces in a quest to improve an area with one of the worst health records in the country. |
| Deadline looming for town's road race | | 2:25pm Wednesday 27th July 2005 | | ORGANISERS of one of the region's most popular sporting events have issued a reminder that the deadline for entries is looming. |
| Taking it all in their stride | | 2:30pm Monday 11th July 2005 | | Thousands of people withstood the sweltering heat to walk an eight-mile route through some of the region's most breathtaking scenery yesterday. |
| North is walking back to fitness | | 2:31pm Saturday 9th July 2005 | | THOUSANDS of people from accross the North-East will be in County Durham this weekend to take part in an eightmile walk through some of the region's most spectacular countryside. |
| Campaign victory as heart op target hit | | 2:33pm Thursday 14th April 2005 | | WE'VE finally done it. Six years after The Northern Echo launched a campaign to cut waiting times for heart patients, we have hit our target. |
| Ferrari inspires £1.1m mobile gym | | 2:48pm Thursday 7th April 2005 | | A £1.1M mobile gym based on one used by Ferrari Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has been unveiled in the region. |
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