A five-year-old boy kept his cool when his Mum accidentally locked herself in the bathroom - leaving him and his three-year-old brother unsupervised in their flat.

Yousef Mostafa used his Mum's mobile phone to call his Dad in Egypt and tell him what was happening. She had got stuck in the bathroom of their seventh floor flat on Baldwin Street in Bristol.

Yousef's Dad then called a friend in London, who contacted the Metropolitan police, who then contacted Avon and Somerset Police.

Nahla Zahran had been trapped in the bathroom for four hours when the police arrived.

PCSO Lauren Holt said:

“This job initially came in as a concern for welfare. When we arrived I was amazed at how calm and sensible the children were, especially given the fact they have only been in this country for a few weeks and speak very little English."

“Yousef had been speaking with his dad in Egypt on the phone, which had obviously helped to keep him calm. His dad had told him to stay in the flat. When we got there, he and his brother were watching cartoons in the kitchen.

“The locking mechanism on the bathroom door handle had broken and the door was very thick, so we could hardly hear his mum, but knew that she was panicking. We just did everything we could to reassure her that the children were fine and that we’d get her out as soon as possible.

“The only time the boys got a bit scared was when they firefighters were using a sledge hammer to try and get through the door, as it was very loud. I kept them out of the way and kept talking to them and telling them it was all going to be ok.

“When Mrs Zahran was finally freed she just ran to her kids crying and hugging them, it was really lovely. She must have been so relieved that they were safe.

“Yousef is amazing – what a brave little boy, I can’t believe he only turned five a few days ago, he is so sensible and should be very proud of himself.”