Adrian Sudbury dies

Readers of this blog will recall my postings about fellow journalist Adrian Sudbury and his brave fight with leukaemia.

Adrian, who worked for one of our sister papers, the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, sadly died this week at the age of 27 years.

He fought a public battle with leukaemia after being diagnosed with the disease in 2006 and he chronicled his fight in his award-winning Baldy's Blog - http://baldyblog.freshblogs.co.uk/

After a bone marrow transplant was rejected by his body, Adrian decided in May he was not going to have any further chemotherapy, and since then has devoted his remaining months to raising awareness about bone marrow transplants.

Adrian embarked on a concerted media campaign, hoping to make classes on blood, organ and bone marrow transplantation compulsory in all sixth form colleges.

Adrian's editor at the Examiner Roy Wright, said that thousands of readers from across the globe became friends to Adrian through the website, all part of Adrian's Army.

He said: "Sudders is a tragic loss to his family, his many friends and to journalism"