Surgeons from East Yorkshire have been in Pakistan operating on children whose families cannot afford surgery. Health reporter Emma Wright speaks to charity leader Nick Hart.

n a place where life rarely grants a second chance, physical deformity can alter everything from social status to marriage prospects. That is why hope, when it does come, is so greatly prized.

More than 100 children with cleft lip or palate have registered for the free of cost surgery offered by a private hospital in Gujrat.