'STEPHENS STORY' INSPIRES A NATION

As reported earlier, late on Tuesday evening social media was abuzz with the inspirational story of Burntwood teenager Stephen Sutton, a young man who initially diagnosed with cancer in September 2010, but after several years of treatment, has been told it is now incurable.

As reported earlier, late on Tuesday evening social media was abuzz with the inspirational story of Burntwood teenager Stephen Sutton, a young man who initially diagnosed with cancer in September 2010, but after several years of treatment, has been told it is now incurable.

Despite this, Stephen remains positive and is determined to leave his mark on the world, one way of doing this was to start a 'Bucketlist', which is a set of things you hope to achieve before passing away, amongst the 46 on Stephens list, and by far the most important to him, was to raise £10,000 for TeenageCancer Trust - a charity that has supported Stephen hugely these past couple of years in his own cancer battle.

With help from TV host Piers Morgan, comedian Jason Manford and football pundit Stan Collymore the HashTag #StephensStory has been trending UK wide on Twitter all evening, and a rush of donations have poured in to Stephens JustGiving page, taking the total raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust to more than £1,000,000!

Before any of this began Stephen was a talented student who had ambitions of becoming a doctor, played lots of sports (most notable county level athletics and cross country, and football for Walsall Youth Team) and played drums in a local band. Alongside this he liked socialising and going out with friends.

If you'd like to know more about Stephen, you can by visiting his various social media and fundraising pages like JustGiving, Facebook and Twitter or you can visit his website HERE.