PLANS for a new centre for cancer patients in Glasgow have taken a step forward.

PLANS for a new centre for cancer patients in Glasgow have taken a step forward.

An application for a Maggie's Centre at Gartnavel Hospital - the city's second - has been submitted to Glasgow City Council. If approved work could start at the end of the year.

In 2002, Evening Times readers raised more than £1million to support the first at the Western Infirmary.

The centres aim to offer cancer parents and their families and friends somewhere to go for help, support and relaxation- and all services are free.

Bosses have not yet revealed what the centre will look like but, with renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas behind the design, it's likely to be revolutionary.

He is responsible for some of the world's most famous landmarks and recently created China Central Television HQ in Beijing which comprises of two 800m-high towers poised at an angle of 10 degrees joining to form a continuous upward loop.

Walk the Walk, the grant making health charity behind The MoonWalk - which last week saw thousands pace through Edinburgh in their bras - is funding the new centre.

Maggie's boss Laura Lee said: "Maggie's Gartnavel Centre will be important for people living with cancer and their family and friends because of its accessibility to oncology services at The Beatson.

"We are delighted to be supporting 12,000 visits a year in Glasgow but we know with the addition of Maggie's Gartnavel we can do so much more."

Maggie's Centres were the vision of the late breast cancer sufferer Maggie Keswick Jencks from Edinburgh.