Fundraiser boy loses cancer fight

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Liam Fairhurst's battle against cancer and to help others received national recognition

A boy who raised more than £320,000 for cancer charities has died after battling the disease.

Liam Fairhurst, 14, from Soham, Cambridgeshire was in remission for more than a year but found the cancer had returned in 2007.

Gordon Brown, when chancellor, presented him with a certificate after he raised £70,000 to help children with cancer, via the CLIC Sargent charity.

His family said he died on Tuesday after fighting the disease since 2005.

Despite being confined to a wheelchair and undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy and several operations, Liam travelled widely to events to raise money for cancer charities.

He was spurred on in his fundraising by the memory of a close friend who died from cancer in 2006.

He was featured on ITV1's Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway show talking the panel of millionaires into donating £50,000.

Speaking about his fundraising, Liam said: "You feel a sense of achievement that you've got the money and you can't believe how many families are going to benefit from what you've done."