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A schoolgirl has used her own experience of dyslexia to create something with the potential to help so many youngsters with the condition.

Having always found reading a challenge, 11-year-old Millie Childs wanted to invent something that could make it easier for other young people.

Taking part in Primary Engineer, a national STEM competition that challenges pupils to design creative solutions to real-world problems, the Salford youngster created Rainbow Glasses - a pair of glasses with interchangeable or adjustable coloured lenses designed to help people with dyslexia read more easily. View 5 Images

Now she's won a national engineering award for her invention, with the prototype already attracting interest from the NHS .

As part of the contest, Millie, who was stil

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