{"id":228996,"date":"2025-03-24T15:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:04:47","slug":"man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Cm5acUc23tg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cm5acUc23tg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ioan Pollard, from Caernarfon, lost 30 stone to get a life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing.\u2018Marw Isio Byw\u2019, produced by ITV Cymru Wales for S4C, will be available on 24 March, at 8pm on S4C, Clic, and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ioan Pollard, from Caernarfon, lost 30 stone to get a life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing.\u2018Marw Isio Byw\u2019, produced by ITV Cymru Wales for S4C, will be available on 24 March, at 8pm on S4C, Clic, and BBC iPlayer. \u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj \u2022 Get breaking news and more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":228997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-228996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-24T15:04:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Cm5acUc23tg\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-24T15:04:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":119,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3235.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3235.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-24T15:04:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3235.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3235.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-03-24T15:04:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Cm5acUc23tg\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News","datePublished":"2025-03-24T15:04:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/"},"wordCount":119,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hqdefault-3235.jpg","articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/","name":"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hqdefault-3235.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-24T15:04:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hqdefault-3235.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hqdefault-3235.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-lost-30-stone-for-life-changing-transplant-after-his-kidneys-started-failing-itv-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Man lost 30 stone for life changing transplant after his kidneys started failing | ITV News"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228996"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=228996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}