A Nottinghamshire man is raising funds to help provide a weekend of free heart scans in Nottingham after the sudden death of his brother. Olie Sheppard, from Mansfield, cycled 810 miles from John O'Groats to London days before completing the London Marathon, raising more than £5,000 in the process.
The remarkable effort is part of a fundraiser set up after the unexpected death of his older brother, James, in April 2021. The 30-year-old who was living in Sherwood passed away from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).
SADS is when someone dies suddenly and unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest, but the cause of the cardiac arrest can't be found. "He was very calm and laid back, he was straight and honest and a really great guy," said Olie, a 31-year-old joiner.
