As her friends played happily in the snow as children, Gloria Adebisi Ademolu couldn't join in with them and had to stay indoors. She couldn't even sip a cold drink.
Diagnosed with sickle cell disease, the condition meant she couldn't do a lot of things others did growing up due to her weakened immune system making her highly susceptible to illness.
Gloria, now aged 26, has always held a love of winter and snow. And now she's told how she plans to revive a childhood dream of visiting the North Pole, all thanks to new NHS treatment she's receiving in Manchester. "For people with sickle cell, our immune system is really bad," said Gloria, who lives with her family in Manchester city centre. "I couldn't do a lot of things growing up.
