Dan Brocklebank has a very personal connection to Motor Neurone Disease as Coronation Street tackle the topic in a new storyline.
The actor - who stars as Billy Mayhew on the ITV soap - will be left stunned when his partner Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) is diagnosed with MND. Whilst he doesn't initially find out, as Paul keeps it between him and Dee Dee, all is soon revealed about his health and what it might mean for the future of the pair's relationship as they come to terms with the diagnosis.
Dan knows all too well about how MND can affect a person's loved ones, after his grandfather was diagnosed with MND two decades ago. He describes the storyline as something very "close to his heart".
