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BBC News
15-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Gate incident at Port Vale football club helps man shed 17 stone
A man who weighed nearly 30 stone realised he had to lose weight when he got stuck in a Port Vale football ground Duffield, who lost 17 stone in a year, had been through a tough time with the death of both his parents and suffering from knew he had to make a change on the day he took his nephews to a football match at Stoke-on-Trent's Vale Park stadium on Boxing Day 2022, and told how he changed his habits by tracking his eating, giving up alcohol and the third month, he had started walking further, getting up earlier and noticing the world around him open up again, he said. Talking to BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester, he described how, two or three years ago, his weight escalated from a "tubby but not unhealthy" 14 stone to about 29 said he had been living with his parents before he lost them, which ended up with "my depression spiralling, my weight gaining, and health rapidly deteriorating".The catalyst came on the day he got stuck in the turnstile at Port Vale, he said, describing it as "a powerful, humiliating sort of milestone". Mr Duffield, who lives in Kidderminster, described his next steps as "nothing unremarkable".Tracking his eating required a brutal honesty, and he shocked himself with his food intake, he up alcohol helped in two ways - by giving him some control and mental the second month, he started walking and, because he weighed nearly 30 stone, his weight added to the exercise, even if he just walked to the end of the street and back. "By month three, I started walking further and further, getting up a bit earlier and noticing the world around me again," he said. "It started to open up."Simple things like the birds singing, the sunrise and all that kind of thing, I thought I can be part of this world again." In his first month, he walked six miles but now he is able to walk 25 miles in a said he had been given an opportunity at life again and was now using his fitness to raise money for Acorns Children's Hospice, after they helped his niece who has a life-limiting genetic disorder and requires permanent Duffield added that the hospice had been a lifeline for his is now hiking along canals, nature reserves and trails in the West Midlands in a 1,880 mile fundraising challenge – the same distance from Worcester, where the hospice is, to Morocco, the start of the Sahara Desert which he will visit to raise more money later in the has so far completed 1,200 miles."The fact is if you do things simply and you do things often and you win each day, then all these things mount up," he said. "You've just got to take your time and be patient and trust in the results." Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Droitwich Spa: Rik Mayall mural unveiled in hometown
A mural dedicated to comedy legend Rik Mayall has been unveiled in the town where he grew up. The special piece of artwork has been created in an empty shop unit on Droitwich Spa's High Street and will help promote the town's first Rik Mayall Comedy Festival. Artist Milan Illustrator said it depicts Mayall as the king of comedy and features "five famous outfits from Rik's very famous characters".The community-run festival is taking place from 31 May to 7 June. Tickets for the headliners, who will play the Norbury Theatre, go on sale next month. Greg Davies, Peter Richardson, Shaparak Khorsandi and Helen Lederer have all been confirmed for the event. Mayall was one of the UK's most loved and best known performers when he died in 2014, aged 56. A pioneer of the 1980s alternative comedy scene, his work included The Young Ones, Blackadder and Bottom. Illustrator, an artist from Birmingham, told BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester he was familiar with Droitwich Spa and had included local references such as its radio mast. He added that one scene in the mural featured a sign for Droitwich Spa and Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall on their famous Bottom bench. He said his favourite part of his mural was the playing card depicting Mayall as the King of Comedy. Illustrator added he was "proud" to have worked on the design to honour the comedian and had spent hours working on it over the Christmas holidays. The artwork attracted a crowd when it was unveiled in the town on Monday. One shopper told the BBC it was "full of fun" and she loved it. "It's just what we need as well, something different," she said. And another passer-by said he liked the way it brightened up the street. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
13-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Thousands raised for Ross-on-Wye boy, 7, with bone cancer
An appeal for a seven-year-old boy with bone cancer has raised more than £13,000 in a who turned seven in hospital on New Year's Day, was diagnosed with the disease in January after he started suffering from leg pain last family, who live in Ross-on-Wye, said they had been overwhelmed by the level of support after a friend started a GoFundMe page for them."[It shows] how a small town like Ross can come together," Jack's father Shaun told BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester. He added that he wanted to say "a very, very big thank the love and support that we've had." Jack's doctors initially thought his leg pain was caused solely by a bone infection."I can't even tell you how awful it was to get that news, that it was a tumour," his mother Laura added that Jack was "a lively, happy little lad" who loved playing football, riding his bike and going for family walks with their pet dog. 'Every single pound counts' Hari Fell, who works with Jack's grandmother at a hotel in Gloucestershire, said she started the GoFundMe page to help the family cover the costs of looking after Fell said Jack's parents had to stay in hotels during their son's stint in Birmingham Children's Hospital, and they may not be able to work as much as usual in the coming months as they support him with his cancer treatment."Every single pound counts," she said of the fundraiser, which more than 470 people have donated to so has now started chemotherapy and his father said he had had two days of treatment so far."He's done really well, for a seven-year-old. He's always got a smile on his [face]," Shaun said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Thousands raised for boy, 7, with bone cancer
An appeal for a seven-year-old boy with bone cancer has raised more than £13,000 in a week. Jack, who turned seven in hospital on New Year's Day, was diagnosed with the disease in January after he started suffering from leg pain last autumn. His family, who live in Ross-on-Wye, said they had been overwhelmed by the level of support after a friend started a GoFundMe page for them. "[It shows] how a small town like Ross can come together," Jack's father Shaun told BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester. He added that he wanted to say "a very, very big thank the love and support that we've had." Jack's doctors initially thought his leg pain was caused solely by a bone infection. "I can't even tell you how awful it was to get that news, that it was a tumour," his mother Laura said. She added that Jack was "a lively, happy little lad" who loved playing football, riding his bike and going for family walks with their pet dog. Hari Fell, who works with Jack's grandmother at a hotel in Gloucestershire, said she started the GoFundMe page to help the family cover the costs of looking after him. Ms Fell said Jack's parents had to stay in hotels during their son's stint in Birmingham Children's Hospital, and they may not be able to work as much as usual in the coming months as they support him with his cancer treatment. "Every single pound counts," she said of the fundraiser, which more than 470 people have donated to so far. Jack has now started chemotherapy and his father said he had had two days of treatment so far. "He's done really well, for a seven-year-old. He's always got a smile on his [face]," Shaun said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Boy's cancer inspires parents to raise thousands Mum defies cancer prognosis to see son turn 13 New bone cancer treatment has 99% lab success rate
