A brave teenager who lost her leg to cancer wants to play football as soon as she can.

Annabel Stevens was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, in her right leg in January and had to have it amputated at the middle of her thigh in March.

The Messenger reported the 16-year-old’s bravery last month when she had the first fitting of her prosthetic leg.

Annabel, of Greenfield Road, Gillingham, received her new leg last week and is now starting to learn to walk again.

She said that she wanted to start playing football as soon as she could, but needed to get used to walking first.

Annabel said: “It’s really, really heavy and hard work to walk on it.”

Her mum, Janine, said: “She was getting really excited. It was really lovely to see her walking and determined to do that.”

Her dad, Matthew Stevens, 45, said: “I’m really chuffed because it will be nice for her to get something back rather than losing something all the time.”

Annabel, who was diagnosed with autism when she was six, is one of the first children to have a prosthetic leg made with a knee that is able to rotate.

She will continue to have chemotherapy and other treatments until October at University College Hospital in London.

The family hopes to take Annabel away on a special holiday to Disneyworld in Florida at the end of the year to celebrate making it through the difficult time.

They hope that people will donate money to help with the cost of flights and the park tickets, as they already have a place to stay.

Mr Stevens said: “I think she is looking forward to meeting all the characters, especially the Frozen ones. She tells me off for singing the wrong words to Let It Go – you can imagine what I sing.

“She also really wants to swim with the dolphins.”