A DYING youngster has returned home after News Shopper readers helped him take a dream trip to Disneyland, Paris.

Mum Elaine Pallett, 32, of Mottingham Road, Eltham, told of the joy of five-year-old Michael, who has the life-threatening brain disorder, Rasmussens disease.

When one of the drivers at Greenwich business Lewis Travel spotted the News Shopper appeal in August, the company was only too happy to offer the three-day trip.

On the trip to Euro Disney, Michael and his brother, Christoper, eight, went on the carousel and the train tour round the park and met famous Disney characters such as Tigger, Pluto and Mickey Mouse.

Mrs Pallett said: It was so lovely it made me and his nan cry our eyes out.

It was so emotionally overwhelming seeing him so happy. I kept thinking he is never going to see anything like this again. I would just like to thank everybody, first of all Tim Lewis for putting up the money for the trip, Greenwich Rotary Club which gave us £200 spending money, Paul Knight who raised £133 on a sponsored bike ride and all of my family and friends.

Michael developed the debilitating disease at the age of two, and has suffered damage to both sides of his brain. He will eventually become terminally ill.

Mrs Pallet now runs a support group for the small number of families affected by the rare disease. Call Contact A Family on 020 7383 355.