Boy born with no ears gets sunglasses wish

A boy who was born without ears has been granted his wish of wearing sunglasses for the first time, reports BBC.

Kieran Sorkin, 9, from Hertfordshire, was born with bilateral microtia, which means he just had small lobes where his ears should have been.

He had an operation last summer to create a pair of ears made of cartilage taken from his ribs. It took place at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

He then had a second procedure in February to lift his new ears away from the sides of his head and forwards into the correct position. They were covered in skin taken from his scalp.

But it was not until Thursday that he was told by lead surgeon Neil Bulstrode that he could wear sunglasses, just in time for summer.