A grandmother has been reunited with her Christmas shopping after it was accidently taken off a Black Country bus by a fellow passenger.

Good samaritan Sue Bridges, who works for Centro, had leapt off the bus with the bags believing they had been left behind by a group of women.

When she caught up with the women she was told the shopping did not belong to her and was left holding the gifts while she waited for the next bus in Quarry Bank.

But after an appeal in the Express & Star, the bags have now been returned to their rightful owner – 75-year-old Katie Campbell, from Halesowen.

Mother-of-three Mrs Campbell, who had been returning home from a trip to Dudley’s Merry Hill Centre, said she was “thrilled” to get the bags back as they contained presents for her family.

“I didn’t see the bags being taken. Someone on the bus told me a woman had got off the bus with my bags. I couldn’t believe it.”