Heartbreak as inspirational woman, 23, given months to live after devastating diagnosis dies

Tributes have been paid to an 'inspirational' student and brain cancer campaigner following her tragic death.

Laura Nuttall discovered she had Glioblastoma Multiforme - an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer - after a routine eye test in 2018.

After being told she only had 12 months to live, she went on to complete a "bucket list" of goals including graduating to presenting the BBC weather forecast and raising thousands for brain cancer charities.

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Laura went fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, met Johnny Marr and watched Fleabag being performed live on stage.

In 2021, comedian Peter Kay came out of retirement to raise money for her treatment, and hosted two live Q&As in her honour.

Following her diagnosis, Laura had to drop out of university in London and was forced to put her life on hold while she bravely endured a craniotomy to remove the largest of eight tumours.

She then started a gruelling programme of radiotherapy and chemotherapy before her family discovered an innovative new treatment was available in Germany. With the help of donations from friends, family and an online fundraiser, Laura was able to start the immunotherapy.

She had to travel to Cologne every six weeks for the treatment, which was made even more difficult by coronavirus restrictions. However, she responded so well that she was able to restart her studies at The University of Manchester.

Despite travelling back and forth to Germany, undergoing more surgery, working as an ambassador for The Brain Tumour Charity and helping out in her community, she graduated from her politics, philosophy and economics degree last summer with proud mum