Cancer girl starts US treatment

A girl with a rare form of cancer has begun antibody treatment at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia thanks to a fundraising campaign in London and the South-East.

Two-year-old Stella Rogers, from Canterbury, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when she was 17 months old. Fund-raising coordinator Juliet Pospielovsky said: "Unfortunately, the treatment gets worse before it gets better."

Stella's family have raised £40,000 but £250,000 is needed.

Her mother Allison Hyde, a former nurse, said: "This is the beginning of many months of treatment. It has been terrible watching her suffer. Yet I know this will help to save her life."