THE Rotary Club of Evesham held a charity auction in aid of Rory The Robot appeal, raising £6000.

The appeal is raising money for a new robotic surgical system for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to improve prostate cancer treatment . Robotic assisted surgery for prostate cancer is a keyhole procedure to remove the prostate gland and the robotic equipment enables a more precise procedure.

The system itself will primarily be used to treat patients with prostate cancer but has the potential to be utilised by other surgical teams in the future.

The event held at The Beckford Inn was attended by over 100 people who bid for items that had been donated by local businesses and individual members of the club.

They ranged from a stay in an apartment in Spain, to the use of a Morgan car for a day.