A SUPERMARKET has scooped two awards for its work promoting The Rory the Robot Campaign.

The campaign set out nearly two years ago to raise enough money for a machine to treat prostate cancer with Morrisons heavily involved in the fundraising.

At the recent Morrisons UK teamwork conference in Harrogate, the Bromsgrove store took home a prestigious gold medal and a cut-glass commemorative plaque for their work.

Droitwich man Brian Wilkes, who has been involved in the campaign and survived prostate cancer said: "Morrisons really deserve praise for the work that they have done to help the campaign."

The machine will allow surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery, removing the prostate gland.

The campaign has now raised more than £400,000.

The Morrisons part of the campaign raised £40,585 from stores in Herefordshire and Worcestershire and a further £20,000 donated by two local people who read about the campaign in the media.

it is hoped even more money will be raised for the campaign which still needs to find £700,000 over the next five years to help fund the robot.

A magnum of champagne donated by the Bromsgrove store and signed by prime minister Theresa May will be used at a forthcoming Rory the Robot fundraising auction.

To make a donation to the Rory the Robot appeal, visit justgiving.com/rorytherobot or text RORY97 plus £amount to 70070.

For more information about the appeal visit worcestershire.nhs.uk/rorytherobot

About 500 men in Worcestershire are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. Most of the men are over 50 years old and in Worcestershire alone there are 2,500 men surviving prostate cancer at any one time.