For the first time in her short life Lauren Augur can see properly in the sunlight.

The 13-year-old suffers from a rare condition called Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous (CFC) syndrome that affects just 200 to 300 people worldwide.

Now after an appeal in the Daily Echo, an optician has provided Lauren with free high prescription sunglasses.

The youngster, of Merry Oak, Southampton, finds it difficult to cope with sunlight, even when sat in the family car, as a result of sight problems caused by the syndrome.

Sunlight The Cedar School pupil is now looking forward to getting back in the playground to show off her new glasses and to be able to venture into the sunlight as summer approaches.

Mum Sandra, 39, and dad Terry, 42, have dreamed of taking Lauren on a day out without her hiding her eyes from the sun.

"We're going to go to the zoo and she'll be able to see the animals," Sandra explained.

"I want to see a tiger," Lauren quickly added, and now she will.

Sandra told the Daily Echo: "We're definitely going to the zoo and Paultons Park and everywhere we couldn't go before. We don't have the sunshade in the car anymore and she doesn't use a book to cover her face.

"I thought it would have taken months rather than weeks to make the glasses," Sandra added.

Specsavers in Shirley, Southampton, donated the sun glasses. Store director Leighton Simmons said: "We had to work really hard to get the glasses as dark and as thin as possible.

"They are a really complex lens. The frames took about four weeks to produce - about two weeks for the measurements and two weeks for them to be produced in Eastleigh.

"We've also added a rubber insert on the back of the glasses like swimming goggles just to stop any light getting through.

"It's certainly not a usual order, I've never seen one like it with a girl whose eyes are so sensitive."

Sandra added: "We'd like to thank Specsavers. Without their help Lauren's life would still be miserable."