CAMPAIGNING Motor Neurone Disease (MND) victim Gordon Aikman has reached his fundraising target of £100,000.

The 29-year-old announced last night that the target of his Gordon's Fightback campaign had been reached in less than six months after it was launched.

Mr Aikman, who has been told he will die as a result of the condition, is using the time he has left to raise awareness of MND and to appeal for increased funding for research.

He has been supported by more than 3,000 donors on through his justgiving website, and was awarded the judges prize for his fundraising efforts at The Herald Politician of the year awards.

Mr Aikman discovered he had contracted MND during the run-up to the independence referendum while he was working as director of research at Better Together.

Since then he has campaigned to improve treatment for those who have the condition and to raise funds for research, although he makes it plain any breakthrough will come too late for him.

Hewas recently invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by Samantha Cameron and attended by a wide range of celebrities and senior politicians from across the political spectrum.

Glasgow comic Frankie Boyle and others have also agreed to do a comedy show in March to raise funds for the campaign.

MND is an often fatal disease which progressively robs sufferers of the ability to control their muscles, forcing them into a wheelchair before eventually taking away their ability to breathe independently

At any one time there are around 400 people living with the disease in Scotland, and most are given a diagnosis of just 14 months to live.s