FIVE-year-old Elle Baister's dancing talents have won her trophies galore including four national titles.

Elle, from Kirk Merrington, swept to victory recently at the Nationwide United Kingdom Alliance competition in Blackpool.

The multi-talented youngster, who dances at Martingrove dancing school, in Eston, Cleveland, beat off stiff competition from throughout the country to take the winning trophies in Latin, ballroom, modern sequence and classical sequence.

She is also the current holder of the International Dance Teachers' Association medalist of the year in the Tyne Tees region after recently winning two shields for modern sequence and Latin dancing.

Proud mum Liz Dodd said: "It's a fantastic achievement."