Two sisters have been rewarded for their bravery after their quick actions saved their three-year-old brother from drowning. 

In early September last year, Reggie had been playing with his sisters Lovie, 7, and Dolly, 9, Buckley in a wading pool in Mildenhall on one of the hottest days of the year.

Mum Jess Roberts said: "Reggie suffers from febrile convulsions and can often have seizures, especially when he is running a temperature. 

"It had been a hot day, and Reggie was a little hot, so I gave him his medication, and he was happily playing with his sisters in the pool.

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"My children are all confident swimmers, and the pool is only waist deep, so I was keeping an eye on them, but folding some laundry- then suddenly my eldest daughter screamed and they were holding his body- he looked lifeless and purple.

"He had had a seizure and gone to the bottom of the pool with his mouth open. My eldest daughter had grabbed his head and Lovie got his feet and they brought him to the surface.

"When Reggie comes out of his seizures, he often takes big, gulping breaths, so if Lovie and Dolly had acted a couple of seconds later, he would have drowned."

Reggie was transported to hospital where he made a full recovery. 

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John Grimwood, a paramedic who attended the scene, said: "The reason for him being alive is almost certainly because of their actions."

Lovie and Dolly were presented with an award for their bravery by Tom Abell, chief executive of the East of England Ambulance Service, in a special assembly at their school. 

Mr Abell said: "Lovie and Dolly thought so quickly and acted so bravely that, without a doubt they are responsible for Reggie being here today."