WESTLIFE fan Sue Barnett's dreams will come true on Sunday when she meets her idols, after bidding £905 in a charity auction.

She bid in the auction on website eBay to meet the boyband after reading a story about it in the Wiltshire Times two weeks ago. The auction was organised by cancer patient Vanessa Kyte, of Rudge, and her sister Nicola Noble, of Warminster, to raise money for the Forever Friends Appeal to buy a new CT scanner for Royal United Hospital, Bath.

Miss Barnett, 46, of Paxcroft Mead, had a special reason to enter as her 75-year-old mum Jean has been treated for oral cancer at the hospital during the last year. "I read the story with the eBay details so the next day I put in a bid of £500. I waited until the last minute before putting in another bid," she said.

"One of the reasons I bid such a large amount of money is because it is going towards a new CT scanner. My mum is being treated for cancer at the RUH and she's had to use their current scanner. "The good news is the radiotherapy has got rid of the cancer but she is suffering quite a bit from the treatment and can't eat.

"She's also a big fan and has been coming to concerts with me for the last two or three years. She'd really love to meet them so I'm hoping they'll sign a get well soon card for her."

Miss Barnett will get to meet the group, along with her friend Jean Hillman, when they perform at the Bath Rec as part of the Summer Nights Open Air concerts this weekend. She has been an avid Westlife fan ever since she bought her 14-year-old niece a video of the band about seven years ago.

"I had a sneaky look at the video and thought I like these people' so I started buying all their stuff," she said. "I took her to a concert in Dublin which I thought was fantastic. It was the first time I'd been to a pop concert. My niece grew out of them but I carried on as a fan and still buy all the DVDs and CDs.

"Lots of people make fun but I think they're good. They're very good looking and I like the music. They've got the whole package. Shane was always my first favourite but I like Nicky as well."

She said she is very excited about meeting her heroes but hopes she does not become too tongue-tied. "I will probably be a bit excitable for a middle-aged lady. It's going to be a bit embarrassing," she said.

"We saw them in Birmingham in April and are going to see them in Minehead later in the year so we're quite avid fans. I've never met them before. I just hope they're prepared for meeting me."