A 10-year-old schoolgirl suffered burns over 70% of her body after a 16-minute session at an unmanned tanning studio.

The girl's mother is now calling for all unmanned salons to be shut down as a matter of urgency.

Within hours of leaving the tanning salon in Port Talbot, south Wales, Kelly Thompson was taken to hospital.

Medics at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, where she was taken, said if she had remained an extra two minutes, she would have needed skin grafts. Kelly has now been warned to keep out of direct sunlight for up to 10 years.

Her mother Sharon Hannaford said: "These sunbeds are very high-powered and there is nobody there to prevent a youngster doing this. I want them shut down."

Neath Port Talbot Council has confirmed it is investigating the incident.

Nina Goad of the British Association of Dermatologists, said: "Unmanned, coin-operated sunbeds need to be banned, as children can use them, and there is no time limit. This can lead to serious health problems, including skin cancer."