Schoolgirl, 11, gets her first bionic arm fitted after being born without a right hand

A schoolgirl has had her first ever bionic arm fitted after being born without a right hand. Hollie Lownds, 11, was fitted with the'Iron Man' themed bionic arm, which is worth £5,000, in September. It will allow her to brush her hair, eat with a knife and fork and ride a bike for the first time, and she is particularly excited to open Christmas presents with two hands. Hollie's parents were told 20 weeks into the pregnancy that their daughter was missing her right hand because of a growth defect but the cause wasn't clear to doctors. Since she was born she hasn't had a prosthetic arm and has tried to use the stump of her elbow joint to grasp things and open doors.