A STOKE Prior woman battling with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has put out a heartfelt thanks after reaching her fundraising target to pay for treatment to ease her condition.

Linda Brown, of Sagebury Drive, whose plight was highlighted in the Advertiser/Messenger has this week thanked fundraisers and members of the public who made it possible for her massive £10,000 target to be reached.

Fundraisers began their campaign back in February and since then hundreds of people have donated money at charity football events, drag racing and pig roasts.

Mrs Brown, who has suffered from MS for more than 20 years, hoped she could fund a year's worth of treatment on the drug beta-interferon and prove that it helped to ease her condition, then the NHS would fund further treatment.

But despite the group receiving a knock half way through their marathon campaign, when the NHS announced it would not fund beta-interferon, they vowed to battle on and reached the target.

Speaking to the Advertiser/ Messenger, Mrs Brown's husband, Tom, said: "We would just like to thank everyone who helped us reach our target, there were so many people that helped us, we can't thank everyone enough.

"We did have a bit of a knock back earlier on in the year when we heard the NHS was going to stop funding the beta-interferon treatment.

"However, we will still be spending the money on some sort of treatment for Linda, just something a bit different such as a neurological physiotherapist."