Martin Johnson makes acting debut to help save lives

Former England and Leicester Tigers rugby captain, Martin Johnson, has made his on-screen acting debut in a film made to encourage young people to learn life-saving resuscitation skills.

Johnson stars in the short film made by school friends of 14-year-old Joe Humphries, who died in October last year from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome whilst out jogging in his home village of Rothley in Leicestershire.

His family recently launched the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust to help raise awareness and education about the condition which claims the lives of more than 600 young people every year.

Keep Calm and Hands On starred young rugby players from De Lisle College in Loughborough.

This comes on the week when a red phone box was turned into a life-saving hub in Rutland. The decommissioned phone box has been installed with a defibrillator. It's the 2,000th machine installed across the UK.