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image captionMr Sparrow-Woods has been nominated for a commendation for rescuing the children, aged three and five
An off-duty police community support officer (PCSO) who stopped to help two young children beside a motorway found their drunken grandfather in a bush.
Aaron Sparrow-Woods spotted a child on the hard shoulder of the A1(M) near Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, on his way home from Ferryhill police station.
He pulled over and found the man face down in undergrowth and another child in the back of the car.
Mr Sparrow-Woods stayed with the children until on-duty police arrived.