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Heart attack baby back from dead

Mr Lander said: "We were in bits. After what seemed like an eternity the doctor came out and said 'I think we have done all we can'.

"They reached the cut-off point for resuscitation and said 'that's it' and handed Woody to us to say goodbye.

"They started taking tubes out and that's when he started twitching.

"They managed to get his heart going and he came back to life in front of us."

Consultant paediatric cardiologist Dr Mike Blackburn, who was one of the team treating the child, said: "Woody's case is a real exception.

"After attempting to resuscitate him for so long, we would normally expect the worst.

"But we were able to successfully resuscitate Woody after contact with his mother.

"Truly miraculously, he was fit enough for surgery and it is amazing to see how well he is today."

Full recovery

Brain scans have now shown no lasting damage and the Landers have been told their son can expect to lead a full and active life.

Mr Lander said: "We still don't know how it happened. We just know he's a little miracle.

"The doctors said they had never heard of anyone coming round after 30 minutes of apparent lifelessness, let alone a young baby.

"But the people at the hospital were unbelievable and they made the miracle happen."

Mr Lander is hoping to thank Leeds General Hospital by running in the Leeds 10k Run for All, set up by fund-raiser and terminal cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson, later this year.

He is raising cash for the Children's Heart Surgery Fund at the hospital. pronounced dead after a heart attack came back to life 30 minutes later as he lay in his grieving parents' arms.

Medical staff at Leeds General Infirmary had tried in vain to resuscitate two-week-old Woody Lander.

He was handed over to parents Jon and Karen Lander so they could say goodbye.

After half an hour the couple heard the boy cough and doctors started his heart. Now 14 months old, Woody has been given a clean bill of health.

Mr Lander, 34, a civil servant from Farsley, Leeds, had been travelling with his 32-year-old wife to his parents' house in Norfolk in December 2005 when they noticed their child turn white and cold.

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Troubled cinema's happier sequel

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"Then, all of a sudden, we tracked down 200 nearly new seats that had been removed from the now demolished Plaza Cinema in Bangor and placed in storage in Manchester.

"With sufficient money in the bank, this was an opportunity not to be missed, as the cinema's seating has left a lot to be desired in recent years.

"To look at they are just like new and no doubt our patrons will be really pleased with them."

Mr Williams said he hoped that the refurbishments would attract more people to the cinema.

"The message is clear, more bums on seats will save the Coliseum for the future," he said.

Local businesses and individuals had contributed to the rescue fund and were still coming forward with offers to help.

This meant that the car park would soon be resurfaced, the interior painted and new carpet laid.

Mr Williams added: "We are clearly on a firm footing for the future, thanks to local support.

"It is a near miracle that our appeal succeeded as some people said we were wasting time throwing good money after bad, but we've proved them wrong." A small independent cinema which battled back from the brink of closure in set for a mini-facelift following a public appeal.

The Coliseum cinema in Porthmadog needed £10,000 to keep open for a year.

But following the appeal £14,000 was raised to fix the heating boiler and spruce up the building.

The closure of Bangor's Plaza Cinema has also meant that 200 "nearly new" seats have been purchased to replace the upstairs seating.

"When we launched the appeal last September the aim was to raise enough money to keep the cinema open for this year at least, and this we have succeeded in doing" said the cinema's volunteer director Emyr Williams.A small independent cinema which battled back from the brink of closure in set for a mini-facelift following a public appeal.

The Coliseum cinema in Porthmadog needed £10,000 to keep open for a year.

But following the appeal £14,000 was raised to fix the heating boiler and spruce up the building.

The closure of Bangor's Plaza Cinema has also meant that 200 "nearly new" seats have been purchased to replace the upstairs seating.