The officer said he was "embarrassed and ashamed" by his actions.

Police officer sacked after calling in sick while on Turkey holiday

Shreen Mahmood, from Birmingham, has been nominated for a Pride of Britain award for her humanitarian work at home and oversees..

Birmingham aid worker helping displaced people nominated for Pride of Britain

The family said the hospital treating their son refused to give him pain relief, until their insurance approved it.

An aid worker from Birmingham has travelled to the epicentre of February's earthquake in Turkey to hand out nearly £35,000 in emergency supplies.

A still image from a video of a rescue in Turkey by a Midlands Air Ambulance worker

Dr Malcolm Russell, from UK International Search and Rescue, filmed the extraordinary video in Hatay, Turkey.

Community leaders at the mosque said they were hoping to fundraised for a quarter of a million pounds by the end of the week.

Around 11,000 are thought to have died, but officials fear the death toll is set to rise.