A woman who lost both parents to cancer is helping fight the disease through a charity concert.

Mutton Aid takes place at the Shoulder of Mutton in Gomersal on Thursday in aid of the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research Appeal.

Two bands - Who Shot Jerry? and Dumflux - will play sets at the pub and there will also be a raffle.

The event is the latest in a series at the pub, which has so far raised about £2,000 for the appeal.

Bar worker Catherine Thornton and pub manager Simon Hornby have organised Mutton Aid. Both Ms Thornton's parents died of cancer. Her mother Carol Mason died in 1997 from cancer of the skull, after first being diagnosed with breast cancer. And her dad Peter Thornton died the following year from cancer of the pancreas.

"Me and my sister now have to be tested at a young age for breast cancer," she said. "A lot of people I know have had parents or other relatives die from it."

The 28-year-old, from Birstall, said supporting research which could help treat the disease better was very important to her.

"If we can come up with something that would save people, that would be great."

Ms Thornton has already helped boost the Bradford Can... Appeal by raffling a week in her Spanish apartment. And last April a sponsored bike ride to York by pub staff and regulars raised £707, which was matched pound-for-pound by Bradford firm Sovereign Health Care.

Miss Thornton said Mutton Aid would raise money for a worthy cause as well as giving young bands an opportunity to perform. The bands have both agreed to play for free.

The Bradford Can... Appeal is aiming to raise £1 million for cancer research at Bradford Royal Infirmary and Bradford University. The appeal began in September 2001 and currently stands at £900,000, with only £100,000 left to collect. Once the £1 million has been raised, Cancer Research UK will give another £5 million to the work.

Mutton Aid is at the Shoulder of Mutton, Oxford Road, Gomersal, on Thursday at 8pm. Entry costs £1.