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Stephanie Colderick

Eight-year-old Welsh girl who lost leg in accident given free holiday to America from Ant and Dec

Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is back on ITV1 and so is their popular segment the 'happiest minute of the week' where they hand out holidays to amazing people in the studio audience and special viewers at home. During the first episode of the new series, which aired on Saturday, February 25, the pair gave away a free holiday to Florida to a young girl from Wales to commend her for being "an absolute superstar" after recently losing her leg in a freak gardening accident.

Alys Davies, from Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, is eight years old and has been dancing since she was just three. Last year, she was chosen to represent Wales in a dance exhibition over in Los Angeles in the US - but a few months later, her life changed forever when she became seriously injured in a freak gardening accident. Alys' leg became trapped in a lawnmower and she sadly had to have it amputated.

But amazingly, just two weeks after the amputation, Alys was back dancing - and now Ant and Dec have gifted her a trip to Universal Orlando Resort in Florida.

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