A LITTLE girl who suffers from an extremely rare condition has ‘come on leaps and bounds’ and can now say ‘morning’ and count to 20.

Four-year-old Lauren Taylor was just six months old when she was diagnosed with Williams Syndrome.

The condition affects one in 25,000 children in the UK and causes cardiovascular problems, developmental delay, hypersensitivity to noise and sleep problems.

But Lauren’s mum Katherine said her speech had come on since joining the nursery linked to Hoyland Common Primary School.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle