Eight-year-old girl born with one hand receives ‘life-changing’ bionic arm

Eight-year-old girl born with one hand receives ‘life-changing’ bionic arm
Tallulah Allen uses a Hero Arm which works by picking up signals from muscles in the youngster’s residual limb (Open Bionics/PA)

An eight-year-old girl born with one hand has become one of the youngest people in the UK to receive a “life-changing” prosthetic arm.

Tallulah Allen, from Wales, had begged her parents to homeschool her after becoming self-conscious about her limb difference.

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