Josh, 9, first to get small bionic hand

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.

Josh Cathcart, from Dalgety Bay in Fife, was tormented by classmates for his disability but now he said he cannot wait to show off his “awesome” new limb to friends at school.

Parents Clare and James told the Press Association how they were motivated to find a solution after Josh became withdrawn and came across Touch Bionics in Livingston, West Lothian.