By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor
Image: Robin Crossley Two Islanders plan to play video games for 24 hours straight, in aid of charity. Matthew Russell and Kieran Annis will start their challenge at 8pm tonight and will keep going until 8pm tomorrow (Saturday). Matthew s not new to such a challenge. He has previously raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support, Daisy Chains and Great Ormond Street Hospital. This time around, he will be raising cash for the children s cancer charity CLIC Sargent. Meanwhile, Kieran is collecting for WightAid.
EDMONTON Walking into Mathew Russell’s garage is like warping back in time. It’s home to a myriad of machines which Russell restores to their former glory. “It’s an addiction,” he jokes. The Sherwood Park man estimates he has accumulated more than 200 machines over the last decade which means plenty of hours of cleaning. “Lots of games have mouse poop in them and pee… chewed wires… all of them have a cigarette smell. An electrical engineer by trade, Russell spends hours upon hours in his shop bringing arcade games back to life. “My wife probably thinks I spend too much time,” he told CTV News Edmonton. He says the restoration process can take months, or longer, to complete.
Chatham-born Matthew Russell, 23, died from fatal injuries on the A2 near Gravesend
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Updated: 15:58, 23 December 2020
An inquest has heard how a man died after a collision involving a van as he walked along a slip road.
Matthew Russell, of Medhurst Gardens, Gravesend, was found dead on the Gravesend East slip road on Monday, August 17, a hearing at Maidstone s County Hall heard today.
Matthew Russell and his girlfriend Rachel Golder
Presiding coroner Alan Blunsden concluded in the brief hearing the Chatham-born man s medical cause of death was multiple injuries caused by a road traffic collision. He had entered the carriageway on foot directly into the path of an approaching vehicle.