Michael Byrne: Last News

Perth and Kinross on Monday.The Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival, organised and hosted by local charity Trauma Healing Together, will run from August 9-15 and will be held mostly online.A keynote speaker will be best-selling author Michael Byrne, a survivor of the Clutha helicopter tragedy, who battled complex PTSD and recently featured on BBC documentary ’Disasters that Shocked Scotland’.Perthshire North MSP John Swinney will also speak at the festival’s welcome event on August 9 at 9.30am.The programme of events will include virtual workshops by 10 local organisations on yoga, mindfulness, expressive writing and other activities aimed at improving people’s mental health.There will also be educational webinars

Former Grand National jockey Michael Byrne has died aged 36. Members of the horse racing community have been left devastated by his tragic death, with tributes flooding in.

crash in a Scots city.Former commando Michael Byrne raced into action after witnessing the bump between a red Jaguar and white Audi on Market Street in Aberdeen.When he approached the cars he found the Jag driver had been knocked out by his airbag and smoke was pouring from the motor.He dragged him from a car and checked his pulse before emergency services arrived.Michael said the man had little idea what had happened as he came to.The incident happened around 10.35am on Sunday.Michael told the Daily Record that it 'was nothing' and he hoped that the same would happen to him if he was in an accident.He said: "It was nothing."I’d stopped at the red light facing do saw it, airbags on both cars came out but it was the smoke coming out the Jag

Coronation Street airs heartache for the Platts next week, as Gail Platt learns of a devastating death.