A mother-of-two whose husband is dying of leukaemia has made a final appeal to Gazette readers to help save his life.

Susanne Gray's 37-year-old husband Duncan, of Juniper Close, Chineham has only one chance of survival - a bone marrow transplant.

Over the last few weeks, The Gazette has been promoting tomorrow's bone marrow donor recruitment clinic in Basingstoke, organised by the Anthony Nolan Trust to boost the number of donors and possibly help save leukaemia sufferers like Duncan.

Susanne said: "Since the campaign started I have had a lot of people asking me about what is involved in becoming a donor.

"It is a good sign and I hope a lot of people will turn out tomorrow to help give Duncan and other sufferers a chance.

"It seems to be something that a lot of people have thought about doing but just haven't got around to - until now."

Every year 4,000 people are diagnosed with leukaemia in the UK. In 2000, more than 3,500 people in England and Wales died from this type of cancer.

A sibling has a one-in-four chance of providing a match for bone marrow donation but the probability is almost impossible to determine with unrelated donors.

Despite these figures, of the 150,000 people currently living in the Basingstoke area, just 933 are registered as bone marrow donors. Across the country the figure is equally bleak, with 316,000 of the UK's 60 million population registered.

"It would be great to give the number of donors in this area a boost," said Susanne, who will be helping with the administration at tomorrow's clinic. "I want to become a donor myself and this is a great opportunity to do so."

You can help save lives by registering as a bone marrow donor at the clinic being held at the Basingstoke Rugby Football Club tomorrow from 11am until 4pm.

"This is your chance to help save Duncan and others like him," said Debby Morris, donor recruitment officer with the Anthony Nolan Trust.

"Their lives really do depend on you joining the Anthony Nolan register."