Britain's most injured soldier to survive IED gets pioneering treatment

Hero Ben Parkinson - Britain's most injured surviving soldier - is making a miracle recovery thanks to a pioneering new course of treatment. The former paratrooper was horrifically maimed eight years ago when the Land Rover he was travelling hit a mine in Helmand Province. The explosion broke his back in three places and punctured his lungs. Every single rib was broken, his spleen was ruptured and his cheek, nose and jaw were smashed. Ben, then 22, was left in a coma for four months during which surgeons removed both his legs above the knees. He also lost his speech and was left with debilitating brain injuries. But after a month undergoing the new treatment he is now able to walk up to TWO miles a day and his speech is showing marked improvement.