'Miracle child' returns home after three months in hospital

Joe and Fiona Beard were reunited with their 'miracle child', little Charlie Harris Beard after he underwent a ground-breaking bone marrow transplant using stem cells from an American baby's umbilical cord.

The 19 month old tot who had battled leukaemia since he was just four weeks old was no longer responding to chemotherapy.  In a bid to save Charlie's life, doctors undertook the stem cell transplant on 18 October 2011.  After nearly three months in hospital, Charlie is finally allowed to return home with his mum, dad and 11 year old sister Ellie.