‘My daughter died before getting to live out her dream, so I’m doing it for her and taking her with me’

A mum who lost her daughter to cancer will carry her with her as she fulfils one of her daughter’s final bucket list dreams. Laura Nuttall was given just one year to live following her diagnosis with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2018.

Glioblastomas are one of the most common and lethal types of brain cancers there are, with just five per cent of people diagnosed living past a five-year prognosis. However, the former Manchester student from Barrowford, Lancashire, ‘refused to accept that as her fate’ and made every day count, chalking up an impressive bucket list before her passing in May 2023, aged just 23.

From meeting Michelle Obama to watching the Lionesses win the women’s World Cup - Nicola, Laura’s mum, said there was a lot her eldest daughter experienced in her much too short life.

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"Laura was a force of nature. She was given a 12 month prognosis but instead of accepting that as her fate, we found other treatments abroad, raised money for her, ticked a lot of things off her bucket list.

“She even went back to Manchester university where she graduated last year with a 2.1 in Philosophy, Politics and Economics."

What began as “10 really random things” on a list soon “took legs”, Nicola said, as more people began to get involved and help Laura achieve her many dreams.

The inspiring young woman even managed to get Peter Kay to come out of retirement in August, 2021, as the comedy legend returned to the stage to raise money for Laura’s treatment.

Nicola said: “My husband, Mark, knew Peter Kay from