In December 2023, Wilfie underwent surgery and returned home to Caerleon near Newport with his new "magic" artificial eye, ...

and crossed eyes (strabismus). The name of the field comes from the Greek words for straight ‘ortho’ and vision ‘optikas’ – taken together they are a very good description of an orthoptist’s mandate.

A Fife family who found a seemingly minor squint in a Scots baby's eye say it was "brutal" finding out the condition turned out to be a rare and life-altering diagnosis. Scott and Olivia Lyon ...