A young cancer victim who proved an inspiration to family and friends has helped to raise £2,000 for the national Teenager Cancer Trust.

CHEQUE-IN: Nigel Revell, right, of the Teenager Cancer Trust, receives the £2,000 cheque from Tadcaster Grammar School headmaster Richard Connell-Smith and Adam Hudson Picture: Frank Dwyer

Adam Hudson, aged 13, of Horseman Drive, Copmanthorpe, put forward the charity when his school asked pupils to nominate worthy causes for its annual charity week.

Tadcaster Grammar School headteacher Geoff Mitchell has handed over a cheque for £2,000 to Nigel Revell, of the Teenager Cancer Trust.

Adam was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer two years ago after falling from his bike and complaining of a very painful leg.

Surgeons at Birmingham's Royal Orthopaedic Hospital fitted a new knee joint and shin, and after chemotherapy sessions at St James's Hospital, Leeds, Adam has now been in remission for 18 months.

The plucky youngster still has another three-and-a-half years to wait, however, before he is given the final all-clear.

Tadcaster Grammar School pupils and staff raised £4,000 during their special charity week with a host of fundraising events which included sponsored concerts and wrestling match, and "sleep-overs" in Toulson Lodge, purported to be haunted by a ghost.

Half the money went to the cancer trust, and half to a deprived school in Mozambique.

Deputy headteacher Richard Connor-Smith said: "Adam is a very brave lad who has been an inspiration to us all."

His mother, Julie Hudson, said: "It's been quite horrendous. It was an aggressive cancer and there was a danger it would have spread if surgeons had not acted quickly.

"Adam still has to go back to the hospital in Birmingham every now and then to have the metal prosthesis extended and his leg stretched.

"And when he gets to 18 he will have to have the prosthesis removed and replaced with an adult one.

"He won't be able to play football, or even run again, because if he cracked a bone in his shin, he could risk losing his leg.

"But he never complains. He's always laughing and joking, and just gets on with life."

Mrs Hudson said Adam returned to Tadcaster Grammar School last September after his hospital treatment, and had done brilliantly.

She said: "He's been an absolute inspiration."

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