Six-year-old amputee makes waves in swimming lessons

Lillie-Mai Jackson looks forward to swimming in her local pool Credit: ITV Border

A six-year-old girl who had both legs and her left arm amputated as a baby has developed a new love for swimming.

Lillie-Mai Jackson contracted meningitis when she was only a few weeks old and doctors advised her family to switch off her life support machine.

Her swimming instructor says she has now beaten all odds by learning how to swim:

Lillie-Mai has learnt to walk using prosthetic legs Credit: ITV Border

Lillie-Mai learned how to walk using prosthetics legs last year, and so far her family have raised £100,000 to get her a pair of bionic legs, in which she'll be able to run.

Lillie-Mai's mother hopes she'll one day make Cumbria proud: