Hundreds queue in donor test for Cleobury Mortimer's Jack, 5
Hundreds of people turned out to be tested to see if they would be suitable for a bone marrow transplant to save the life of a five-year-old Shropshire boy who has been diagnosed with leukaemia.
The family of Jack Edwards, from Cleobury Mortimer, said they were "completely overwhelmed" by the turnout at Lacon Childe School in the town yesterday.
A screening session, where people have a swab taken from inside the mouth which is then sent away for testing to look for a match, took place between 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Queues quickly developed and it remained busy throughout the day.
Vanessa Woodhouse, Jack's grandmother and a teacher at Lacon Childe, said: "We are absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of people that have turned out.
"It was busy from the moment it opened right up to the moment we finished.
"There are so many people who want to help and it has been completely overwhelming, we are just so thankful."
Jack, who attends Cleobury Mortimer Primary School, was diagnosed with the disease when he was three. He is currently at Birmingham Children's Hospital undergoing intensive chemotherapy after a recent relapse.
