Just 20 minutes into 2022, Polly Hamilton was the first baby of this year to be born at the Royal Bolton Hospital.
For Salford parents Joe Hamilton and Jess Bellamy, the 9lb 3oz bundle was the perfect gift that money can't buy.
But while they will do everything within their power to make sure their daughter has a good life, the sad reality is that her healthy life expectancy is more than 10 years less than a child living in a more affluent suburb in the south of England.
