Man walks across the River Mersey

A 6ft 9in tall charity fundraiser has become the first man to walk across the River Mersey - with his head sticking out above the water.

Graham Boanas, 43, from Hull, took just over an hour to walk along mud and sandbanks and through a channel of water about 5ft deep at low tide.

He raised cash for Debra, a charity for those with the genetic skin blistering condition, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).

He walked two miles from Ince Banks near Ellesmere Port to Oglet Shore near Liverpool Airport.

With video.