A teenager's foot that turned into a knee

A teenager has told how his foot was turned into his KNEE - allowing him to play football again as he battles a rare form of bone cancer.

Robbie Readie, 14, had to undergo the complex 13 hour operation after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma - a rare form of bone cancer - last year.

He is only the sixth person in the UK to have the surgery, known as rotationplasty, which involved amputating part of Robbie’s leg and turning his foot into a new knee.

The youngster, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, had the top of his right leg amputated while the lower part was then spun 180 degrees and reattached to the top.