A YOUNG schoolgirl from Sale has proved that telling tales doesn't always land you in trouble.

For 13 year-old Faye Kittos from Homelands Road has won the regional 'Young Story Teller of the Year' competition and is heading down to the national final in London later this year.

The Ashton on Mersey School pupil scooped prizes for her school, as well as a cash reward for herself, after reading aloud live on stage at the Trafford Centre recently.

But Faye says that she wasn't nervous at all and has already spent the prize money!

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