A headteacher who had a defibrillator installed at his school fearing it would one day be needed by one of his pupils, had his life saved when he collapsed with a cardiac arrest.
Nick Sheeran fell seriously ill at Birkdale Primary School in Southport but within just 32 seconds one of the fellow teachers used the life-saving machine to restart his heart.
The staff had been trained by in how to use the defibrillator provided by Mark King, whose son Oliver died when his heart stopped in a swimming lesson in 2011.