A woman who feared her brother had died after losing contact with him a decade ago has been reunited with her long-lost sibling.

Verity Lavender from Hemel Hempstead had not spoken to Gary Belcher since she visited him in New York in 2006.

BBC Three Counties reunited the pair live on air. Mrs Lavender's first words to her brother were "I could swear to you. Where the heck have you been?". He said he had lost his phone.

Mr Belcher's son Alex Belcher later told Nick Coffer: "I've just spoken to him for the first time in 11 years, you've made me the happiest person ever."