A BOLTON mother-of-two is recovering this morning after a successful operation to remove a shotgun pellet from her neck.

Michelle George, 31, of Breightmet, was shot with an airgun in Walkden on Wednesday on her way back from a Robbie Williams concert.

There were fears that surgery yesterday at the Royal Bolton Hospital could leave the right hand side of her face and her right arm permanently numb because the wound was close to vital arteries and nerves.

But she has recovered all sensations following the operation.