A bionic hand “has transformed my life”, says a mother of four who lost the fingers on her left hand to the life-threatening infection sepsis.

A nine-year-old who was bullied for having only one hand has become the first boy in the UK to be fitted with a new child-sized bionic hand.

Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of kilometres to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands.