STAFF at a York pub who wanted to help a former colleague suffering from cancer raised more than £3,000 for York Hospital.

The Kings Arms pub, in King's Staith, the former workplace of York cancer sufferer Jamie Glover, handed a cheque for £3,042 to Dr Martin Howard, from the haematology department.

Licensee Mike Hartley said staff had asked Jamie where he wanted to money to go after they raised it at a race and auction night in April.

Jamie's sister, Zoe, said: "Anything that can be done to raise money is great. It all goes to a very deserving cause."

Jamie, 20, from Appleton Roebuck, suffers from Hodgkins Lymphoma, and has spent the past five months in a desperate search for a stem cell transplant.

The Evening Press reported on Wednesday how he recently discovered that a match had been found through the Anthony Nolan Trust scheme, which matches donors to people in need.

Jamie has been treated at the haemotology unit at York Hospital.

Hodgkins Lymphoma is a rare cancer where white cells in the immune system become abnormal and divide too rapidly. Doctors are still unsure how people contract the disease.

Jamie has suffered from cancer since he was 18. He has twice been in remission, but on each occasion the cancer has come back.

His case touched the hearts of many York people after clinics were held in the city for people to get on the Anthony Nolan register to see if they were potential donors.

For details of how to register with the Anthony Nolan Trust, phone 0207 284 1234 or visit: www.anthonynolan.org.uk

Updated: 09:14 Saturday, May 22, 2004