The parents of a 21-month-old girl with a serious heart condition are urging other families to consider organ donations.

Poppy was diagnosed before her birth with a rare congenital heart defect and in December had major heart surgery at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.

Her condition worsened and she underwent several more surgeries before doctors discovered her tricuspid valve was damaged, meaning her only option was a heart transplant.

Her parents Becca and Kevin, from Cleator Moor in Cumbria, have asked people to talk to their families about organ donation, as it could give a child a “chance of life”.