Conjoined twins thriving after 18 hours of surgery to separate them

Annie and Issie Bateson like to be close to each other, as you would expect from identical twins.

'They have all this space to play in,' says their mum Hannah, gesturing around her airy living room. 'But it's like there's some sort of magnet pulling them together.'

Of course, that's not to say they don't have their moments. 'Don't get me wrong, they're typical sisters,' she laughs. 'One minute they are waving and clapping their hands at each other, the next they're fighting and bickering.'

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