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Nikki Fox, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s disability correspondent, has walked without help for the first time in 10 years, thanks to motorised robotic equipment.

The device, known as an exoskeleton, is strapped to the outside of a person's limbs and can then be controlled by them.

"My legs hadn’t been that straight since 1995," Nikki, who has muscular dystrophy, said. "What was quite unbelievable was how I felt afterwards. Standing for half an hour would usually be quite tough but it wasn’t.

"That evening I stood and stretched on my own for the first time in years."

This clip is from Phil Williams on Thursday 18 December 2014.