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A brain injured girl whose mother fought to keep her life support machine on has recovered and has returned home for the new year.

Paige Holmes suffered a brain injury when she was involved in a road accident in the summer and was transferred from Chesterfield Hospital to the intensive care unit at Sheffield Children's Hospital.

The 13-year-old was then moved to the neuroscience ward where she learned to talk again.

Speaking to the Telegraph, her mother said: "She's doing so well, she's talking loads - sometimes you can't shut her up. We're all so incredibly relieved.

"The ward was simply fantastic and the doctors and nurses have been wonderful to Paige and our family."

According to the newspaper, Paige has splints on her legs and her family hope she will be able to walk again.

Earlier this week, the Daily Gazette reported that a motorcyclist who suffered from a brain injury in a road accident had made some recovery and thanked the paramedics who saved his life.

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