England: Doctors gave him just 12 hours to live when he was born - little wonder, then, that the family of a battling Middlesbrough man who turns 21 today say “every day is a blessing”.
When Liam Barker was diagnosed with centronuclear myopathy - a condition so rare he was thought to be the only person in the UK who had it - his parents Michelle and Phil were told to take him home and simply “love him”.