HAMPSHIRE girl Kira Meldrum, who suffers from leukaemia, is facing fresh hope for her future after a miracle match bone marrow donor has been found.

The transplant is six-year-old Kira's best chance of beating the disease after her cancer returned following a round of chemotherapy treatment.

She has since undergone a second course to try to ward off the illness but the cancer returned last December.

The bone marrow match which has been found in extremely rare circumstances - from an anonymous woman - could be the beginning of the end of the disease for brave Kira.

Kira's mum, Carrie, and dad, James, of Dover Close, Stubbington, are hopeful about the success of the transplant. However, they are still cautious over their daughter's ill health.

Yesterday they travelled to the Bristol Children's Hospital where doctors were set to remove some of Kira's bone marrow for storage.

This Friday medical experts will destroy the remaining bone marrow in her body in preparation for the bone marrow transplant to be carried out on May 5.

Brave Kira will have a two-month stay in isolation at the Bristol hospital to prevent her from contracting infections that could be harmful and she will only be allowed four people to visit her during that period.

The miracle million-to-one match was found by the Anthony Nolan Trust, which runs the bone marrow register.