Inspirational teenager dies

The mother of Alice Pyne - the teenager from Cumbria, who lost her fight with a cancer at the weekend has thanked the pubic for their messages of support.

Alice touched hearts far and wide with her 'bucket list' of dreams.

She was given a Pride of Britain award in October and along with her sister Milly was awarded the British Empire Medal for her charity work.

Alice Pyne's remarkable legacy will live on through her charity work.

Alice's Escapes was set up by Alice and her sister Milly. It is a charity run by a team of volunteers committed to providing free holidays for families with a seriously ill child.

The teenager from Ulverston worked with the Anthony Nolan Trust inspiring thousands to join the bone marrow register.

An inspirational teenager from Cumbria who touched the hearts of thousands with her 'bucket list' of dreams has lost her long battle with cancer.

Alice Pyne campaigned tirelessly to get more donors onto the bone marrow register and along with her sister Milly was awarded the British Empire Medal for charity work.

Mel Barham has more:

A poem has been published on Alice Pyne's Facebook page in memory of the teenager who lost her battle with cancer this weekend.

The poem, by Cheryl Murray begins:

To Alice's dear family,

I know not what to say.

But your little lady's doing fine,

she arrived up here today.

To read the full poem head to Alice Pyne's official Facebook page.

Alice Pyne has died at the age of seventeen.

The inspirational 17-year-old was at home with her family.

Her mother Vicky sent this message to Alice's thousands of Facebook friends and twitter followers at 11.35pm on Saturday:

Alice worked tirelessly to raise money for charity despite being diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma four years ago.

She was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to charity in June.