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Members of a Wigan community have pulled together to secure a potentially life-saving device.

Residents and visitors to Spring View now have emergency access to a defibrillator via 999, which can be used to restart the heart of someone having a cardiac arrest.

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Abram ward councillors Martyn Smethurst, Nazia Rehman and Eunice Smethurst worked with local residents, business owner Paul Aaron from Go-Local Spring View, and Spring View Cricket Club to secure the device.

The councillors used funding from their Brighter Borough annual grant for the project.

Defibrillator now available in emergencies thanks to efforts of Wigan community