A musician from Sunderland has launched a YouTube video to help raise funds and awareness for a nine-year-old boy suffering from a muscle weakening condition.

Musician Ben Potts, 38 has created a video for nine-year-old Will Calvert, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy (MD), to help raise funds and awareness of the condition.

William, who lives in Sunderland was diagnosed with duchenne muscular dystrophy in 2015 - a condition that gradually causes the muscles to weaken.