PEOPLE are being urged to help raise funds for a little girl who has a brain turmour and needs lifesaving treatment.

Antonio Grenho, of London Road, Purfleet, a member of Hornchurch Round Table, has been approached by the family of Maya Perrin-Skippen.

The family needs help to raise £50,000 for a pioneering operation to save her life. The parents of Maya, seven, have been told by doctors here there is nothing more they can do for her.

Dad Steve has found a doctor in Texas who performs antineoplaston therapy which targets cancer cells without destroying normal cells.

Anyone can make a donation by visiting any HSBC bank and ask to make a deposit to the Maya Community Appeal.