A Wellington schoolboy is hoping to become youngest person ever to attempt the gruelling cycle ride from London to Paris.

Samuel Smith, 13, a pupil at Wellington School, is doing the ride in the Easter holidays to raise money for the charity that supports his younger disabled brother, Sebastian, eight, who suffers from the a rare genetic condition Rubenstein-Taybi Syndrome, which results in severe learning difficulties and other associated disabilities.

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