Eight-year-old girl urging people to join the donor register

Evie Hodgson OCTOBER 10
Evie's donor pulled out ahead of her planned surgery in August Credit: Evie Needs a Hero

An eight-year-old girl from North Yorkshire is desperately searching for a donor to help save her life.

Evie Hodgson, who lives in Whitby, has a rare blood disorder called aplastic anaemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

A donor had been found, but he subsequently pulled out, so a world-wide search resumes for another.

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