Cruz appeals for more bone marrow donors

HOLLYWOOD star Penelope Cruz urged the public to register as bone marrow donors as she visited an eight-year-old boy battling leukaemia.

Christmas came early for Joe Cawse from Maidstone, Kent, who needs a donor, when he met Cruz.

The star is joining the Anthony Nolan Trust’s national campaign to encourage people to give the gift of life this Christmas by going on to the charity’s bone marrow register.