Brave Louise Morland has lost her fight for life - just weeks after enjoying the holiday of a lifetime.

A month before her death the ten-year-old, who was suffering from an acute form of leukaemia, jetted off to Disney World in Florida with 12 relatives to fulfil her dream.

But after spending the happiest days of her life meeting her favourite storybook characters Louise's condition worsened.

She died peacefully at the family home in Kidlington in the early hours of Monday morning with her mum, Karen Prigmore, at her bedside.

Karen, of Maple Avenue, Kidlington, said "She did what she wanted to do. She met Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore. She really was fighting right until the end."

Even in the weeks leading up to her death Louise had managed to remain cheerful. Karen, 37, who works as a dinner lady at West Kidlington Primary School, where Louise was a pupil, said: "She had a brilliant sense of humour. "She was always coming up with quips. On Friday she was sat up in bed laughing and joking."

The youngster was diagnosed with the blood cancer two years ago. After suffering a relapse in May, doctors said there was no hope of performing a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Until May doctors had planned to perform a life-saving bone marrow tranplant operation, but the youngster suffered a relapse and doctors decided the operation would have no chance of success.

Louise loved pop music and one of her greatest thrills was when pop star Peter Andre phoned her up to wish her well.

Headteacher Neil Hawkes said: "She had tremendous qualities as a person. She was a very loving person with a tremendous sense of humour. She was just a wonderful child."

The funeral at St Mary's Church, Kidlington, will include a collection to fund research into childhood leukaemia.

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