A man who helped to rescue people trapped in the Indian earthquake earlier this year has met up with one of the children they battled for hours to save.

Stefan Hopkins, a former pupil of Keighley's Greenhead School, was part of a rescue team deployed to Gujarat following the earthquake that hit at the beginning of the year.

Mr Hopkins, 35, who now lives in Gloucester, travelled to Bhuj with the charity Rapid UK, which trains members to rescue trapped victims.

One of the boys he helped to save, Parth Pradip Joshi, arrived in England with his father this month to have a prosthetic limb specially fitted, after his leg was amputated following his rescue.

The 12-strong Rapid UK team spent nine hours and twenty minutes rescuing the ten-year-old boy from the wreckage in Bhuj, one of the worst hit towns.

Although Parth was saved, he had to have his leg amputated below the knee.

He is staying in Gloucester with an Asian family and regularly sees Stefan, who took him to Oxfordshire to Ortho Europe Ltd, a company that specialises in prosthetic limbs.

His new leg was fitted this week and he will remain in Britain for a few weeks while it is adjusted.

Stefan said: "We have arranged some events for him while he is here to take his mind off it."

He will be going to Lord's to watch the cricket, visiting Brighton and also getting a ride in an air ambulance on his birthday.

Stefan added: "It's fantastic. We hope he will enjoy his stay and return to India walking."

Margaret Burton, who was chairman of Keighley's Indian Earthquake Appeal committee, said: "The rescue of the boy was amazing - this is as good a result as could be hoped for.''