LITTLE Isabelle Hope Pinder was given a 50/50 chance of survival after being born with a hole in her diaphragm.

Two years on, the toddler is fighting fit and doing well - despite needing surgery last year after the hole reappeared. The condition is called Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH).

Isabelle's mother Lyndsay Hudson, 30, of Springwood Road, Hoyland, has now organised a fund-raising evening for CDH UK - a charity from which she has had lot of support.

The fundraiser will be held on February 21 at Hoyland Common WMC and there will be live entertainment from bands Vanquish and the Fluffy Gremlins.

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated January 6. **