Blood donation sessions will be held in Oxford next Thursday.

Appointments will be available between 1.30pm and 3.30pm and then again between 4.15pm and 7.30pm at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre in Little Gate Street, in St Ebbes.

Anyone aged between 17 and 65, weighing more than 50kg (7st 12lbs) and in general good health could become a blood donor.

To book, call 0300 123 23 23 or visit blood.co.uk