A brave teenager who was born with a rare kidney disease will be competing in the Bury Running Festival almost three years after she received a golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent.

Talented 15-year-old, Ella Chadwick, from Rochdale, will be taking part in the Arena Group Bury Junior Run, as part of the festival on Sunday, October 1.

Ella spent much of her life in the hospital, as after she was born, she needed to undergo six years of dialysis, 40 operations and a kidney transplant at the age of eight.

Since then, she has raised thousands of pounds for charity and hopes to do so again with the October run.

She said: "I can't wait for the day and to see everyone else who is taking part and cheering everybody on and feeling happy when they cross the finish line.

“But most importantly, it will help children and adults who normally can't have a holiday have one by raising lots of money towards the charity!" 

Ella is raising money for the Sign Along With Us Foundation, which helps families of children and adults with complex needs by providing them respite accommodation.

She was named Child of Courage at the Pride of Britain Awards in 2018 and has worked with the charity before when she received a golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent after performing with the signing choir "Sign Along With Us".

Now she will be taking on a new challenge in Bury on the same day as the Bury Junior Run is the Bury 10K and the Arena Group Bury Mini Run.

Participants are encouraged to fundraise for their own charity of choice or one of the event’s official partner charities, Bury Hospice and the Jane Tomlinson Appeal.

The 10K will start and finish in the heart of the town centre, outside The Rock Shopping Centre.

The route will take runners out of the town centre, along Tottington Road and Bury Road, before heading onto the Kirklees Trail.

The course will then loop back to the town centre before runners cross the finish line outside The Rock.

Entries are still open for the Bury Running Festival.