A search for carers to help a 21-year-old Ilkley man with a rare degenerative disorder has been successful.

Social care provider Care Dynamics (Yorkshire) reported last month it was having problems recruiting a team of young, male personal assistants for Owen Walker (pictured), of Colbert Avenue.

Mr Walker was born with Dejurine-Sottas Syndrome, a neuro-muscular disease that confines him to an electric wheelchair.

Following an appeal to find the helpers he needs, three men in their 20s have been appointed – two from Ilkley and one from Guiseley .