A pair of signed John Terry football boots and a cheque for £630 have been handed to a brave schoolboy by Fulledge Colts under-11 team.

Ten-year-old Joshua Ford, a football mad youngster, of Lisbon Drive, Burnley, had his legs amputated last year after contracting meningitis.

He played football with friends from Ighten Leigh football club for the first time since his operation at the weekend and hopes to now go from strength to strength.