Bucks boy aims for Christmas hit

An 11-year-old boy from Beaconsfield with Asperger's Syndrome is releasing a Christmas single to raise money for The National Autism Society and his school.

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11-year-old aims for Christmas number one

We may only be in November but one schoolboy has already set his sights on a Christmas number one.

Eleven-year-old Fynnjan Leach-Verhoeven, who has Asperger's, will be taking on the winner of this year's X-factor, plus Atomic Kitten, Blue and Bewitched, in the battle for the festive top spot.

He recorded 'The Spirit of Christmas' to raise money both for the National Autistic society and his own school's special educational needs department. Toby Sadler went to meet him

Schoolboy with Aspergers aims for Christmas no 1

An 11-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome is taking on the winner of this year's X-Factor in an attempt to get the Christmas number one.

Find out more about Fynnjan's song on his website here.

Fynnjan Leach-Verhoeven from Beaconsfield wrote the song "The Spirit of Christmas" last year, and performed it with his school, to the surprise of his mother, who'd never heard him sing. Now it's being released as a single to raise money for the National Autism Society and his school.

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