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A selfless hero asked the stranger whose life he saved to be best man at his wedding after the two struck up an unlikely friendship.

Paul Rogers, 51, donated his stem cells to Brett Dingwall, 67, just over ten years ago, after the latter was diagnosed with life-threatening acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

Best man Brett joined Paul and his wife Laura as they were married at St Paul’s Walden in Hertfordshire on 13 May.

A dedicated Banstead volunteer who has made over 300 trips delivering stem cells across the world has retired from the role on her 75th birthday.

A three-year-old from Albury, Hertfordshire, has become the face of a new campaign from blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan – after battling back to health after two stem cell transplants.

In October 2015 Hazel was diagnosed with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (JMML), a very rare, acute form of leukaemia. Hazel’s only chance of a cure was a stem cell transplant which involved eradicating Hazel’s diseased cells with chemotherapy and replacing them with cells from a stranger, found by Anthony Nolan.

The Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards, which celebrates the contribution of Anthony Nolan’s supporters which makes the blood cancer charity’s lifesaving work possible, opens for entries today (Wednesday 7 June).

The event, in its fifth year, has seen more than 150 awards presented to deserving fundraisers, families of patients, donors, clinical supporters and journalists, all of whom have supported Anthony Nolan in a number of ways.

After 30 years with the charity, Simon Dyson MBE has decided to step down as Chairman of Anthony Nolan.

Although Simon’s departure is sad for all of us at Anthony Nolan, he is leaving behind a strong and successful organisation with a bright future.

Since Simon first became involved in Anthony Nolan’s work in 1986, the organisation has gone from strength to strength, building not only the leading stem cell register in the world but also the UK’s largest blood cancer charity.

Following Corporate Challenge London and Corporate Challenge Yorkshire, Try Tag Rugby was pleased to donate a total of £1,389 to leading blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan.

Anthony Nolan matches incredible volunteers willing to donate their blood stem cells or bone marrow to people with blood cancer who desperately need a lifesaving transplant.

Anthony Nolan were the chosen charity for Corporate Challenge London and were also one of two chosen charities of Corporate Challenge Yorkshire.

New research from leading charity Anthony Nolan could pave the way for a change in how stem cell donors are selected and save the lives of more people with blood cancer and blood disorders.

The Anthony Nolan Research Institute (ANRI) has carried out the largest UK study into the factors that can make a stem cell transplant more successful.

Loughborough University, Loughborough Students’ Union, Anthony Nolan and the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign (RBLC) are joining forces to try and increase the number of potential stem cell donors.
 
Since 1974, the Anthony Nolan register has made 15,000 stem cell transplants possible but it’s still the case that only 60% of individuals in need of a transplant find the best possible life-saving match they need; this figure drops dramatically to just 20% if you are from a black, Asian or ethnic minority background.
 

In response to today’s announcement (Friday 24 February) by NHS England that it will routinely fund second stem cell transplants, Henny Braund, Chief Executive of Anthony Nolan says:

“We’re delighted with today’s announcement, which shows the voices of thousands of people, including patients, their families and their doctors, have been heard.

On Sunday 19 February, NHS England gave a statement to the effect that it was “confident” it would soon be able to announce funding for second stem cell treatments for blood cancer patients who have relapsed.