A Shepherdswell family have flown out to China in the hope that their three-year-old son can benefit from stem cell treatment which is only available there.

Travis Ransley-Warnes was born in December 2005 with several medical problems. He suffers from septo-optic dysplasia/holoprosencephaly and he is blind. He was also born with a cleft lip and palate, a dysphargic swallow - so he can’t eat very well.

The stem cell treatment can target the areas which are worst affected and then move on to benefit other areas.

Around 40 people have received the treatment so far, with 90 per cent of them responding positively.

An appeal was launched to raise £35,000, and the community responded generously to it. Most of the money has been raised, and the family have now set off for China.