Dad's campaign to raise SADS awareness after loss of wife

Be More Ruby is a concept which is never too far from the mind of Dale Lockwood. It was the plea he made during the eulogy to his late wife, who died unexpectedly in 2023.

- by Charles Brown

Ruby and Dale Lockwood with their children at the Ar and Wetherby.

The Birstall dad lost Ruby, a 31-year-old detective with West Yorkshire Police, to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). She died in her sleep with no warning, leaving behind Dale and their two young children.