Funeral date for tragic Ben Hughes from Shrewsbury

The funeral of Shropshire transplant patient Ben Hughes will take place on Monday in Shrewsbury.

The service will be held at Holy Spirit Church in Harlescott at 1pm.

Ben died of lung failure on Sunday at his home in Shrewsbury town centre.

The 28-year-old was born with congenital heart disease and received a heart and lung transplant in 2007.

Last year his body started to reject the organs and he was given months to live by doctors.

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