A father is recovering in hospital in Manchester after donating a kidney to save the life of his three-year-old daughter.

Lee Chester, a 37-year-old account manager for Canon UK, told the Manchester Evening News: “This is something that any parent would do, you just say yes, it’s in the terms.”

His daughter Esme was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure last June. “Things changed overnight,” said Lee. “Her kidney failure was end stage - the worst it could get.”

Esme had to spend 14 months on dialysis, 12 hours every day. When doctors raised the prospect of a kidney transplant, both Lee and partner Rachel Mulhearn were tested for compatibility, with Lee found to be the better match. ”I said yes immediately,” he said.