Thousands of people queue in the rain in stem cell drive for five-year-old with ...

Thousands of people have tried to become stem cells donors in a record-breaking bid to save the life of a five-year-old boy with cancer. 

Oscar Saxelby-Lee, from Worcester, inspired a total of 4,855 people to go to a testing drive to see if they were a match and could help cure his leukaemia.

Doctors say the schoolboy has just three months to find a donor from whom they can take blood cells to treat Oscar's acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).   

He has already had chemotherapy since being diagnosed in December, but will need more aggressive treatment in order to overcome the disease. 

The potential donors volunteered to help brave Oscar Saxelby-Lee following a desperate plea from his parents.

The youngster is in a race against time to find a life-saving stem cell donor after he was diagnosed with rare cancer.

His parents became concerned when severe bruising turned out to be T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL).

Doctors say he now has just three months to find a stem-cell match which could save his life.

Over 4,800 donors queued up to get tested after Pitmaston Primary School, in Worcester, opened their doors for a donor search over the weekend.

His teacher Sarah Keating said: 'I've been teaching for 20 years and I've never had a child go through something like this.

'You hear about children getting cancer and you think "that's dreadful", then you move on. In this case we haven't moved on, we will fight this.'

Oscar's teaching assistant Laura Senter, 22, said his diagnosis came as a shock to their class.

She added: 'I couldn't believe it. I saw him before Christmas and he was his usual happy-go-lucky self.

'It's a nightmare for this to happen. You can't really do anything about it, it's heart-breaking.