AS RECENTLY as 15 to 20 years ago, blood cancers were terminal afflictions. Today, the prognosis for patients with leukaemia and certain types of lymphoma is much brighter.

By JAMES TOZER BUSINESSMAN Eddie O'Gorman and his wife Marion were devastated when their 14-year old son died of leukaemia. Paul had fallen ill during a family holiday to the U.S., but within nine weeks of being admitted to hospital, he was dead.

CRICKET legend Ian Botham set off on a charity walk in Glasgow to raise cash for young adults with cancer. He was joined by ex-Rangers star Mark Hateley and stars from TV soap River City.

By Alison Dayani BIRMINGHAM'S new pounds 5 million Leukaemia Centre is to get its long-awaited official opening after a long-running campaign from kind-hearted families.

By Alison Dayani HEALTH CORRESPONDENT A BIRMINGHAM scientist has won a prestigious grant to develop better treatment for the most common form of leukaemia in the western world.