Beaming between her proud mum and dad, a one year-old is pictured just an hour before what was meant to be her first ever flight.
She and her parents were due to depart from Manchester Airport for the south of France, where a proud granddad was waiting to see his granddaughter for only the second time since her birth last year.
Little Gracie Lynne Bagshaw-Rea and her parents Claire Bagshaw and Edward Rea had been looking forward to the trip for a year after Covid had kept them apart from Andy Bagshaw, Claire's dad. READ MORE: Mum-of-two suffering from 'back ache' diagnosed with cancer aged 39 - just months after all clear But a last minute nappy change for Gracie before take off ruined everything - and left the family grounded and
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