Video: Hundreds of strangers turn up to stop eviction of cancer sufferer

Tom Crawford has lived in his home in Nottinghamshire for 26 years and is currently in a dispute with the bank over his mortgage repayments.

Tom Crawford has lived in his home in Nottinghamshire for 26 years and is currently in a dispute with Bradford & Bingley bank over his mortgage repayments.

So when the 63-year old - who has prostate cancer - was faced with what he believed to be wrongful eviction, he posted a video appeal on YouTube for help. Little did he imagine what happened next.