Brave three-year-old takes first steps thanks to crowdfunding campaign

This is the touching moment a youngster took her first steps - after a crowdfunding campaign raised 80K for an operation to allow her to walk.

The parents of Esme Hodge, three, filmed the moment she independently walked following the life-changing surgery.

'Ezzy' was born three months premature weighing just 3lb and doctors had to wrap her in a sandwich bag and put her in an incubator to keep her alive.