A grandfather has spoken of how his life changed forever after he was snatched from a train as a baby - as he meets his brother decades on in a tearful reunion.

Peter Macdonald, 58, was just 10 weeks old when his mother fled to London with him and his brother Trevor Schwartz, who was two years old, to escape their father.

But his father managed to catch the train in time at Preston Railway Station and snatched Peter from his mothers arms. He never saw his mother again.

Before he was even six months old, Peter's father placed him in foster care, alone and away from his entire family.

The widowed painter and decorator, who lives in Accrington, Lancashire, said: 'My father grabbed me off my mother.