A police officer on duty at a Championship football match saved a man from drowning by leaping into a fast-flowing river.

Pc James Patterson was helping with crowd control at the game between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday when colleagues received reports of a man falling into the nearby River Trent.

CCTV footage released by Nottinghamshire Police shows the officer swimming across the river in just his underwear with a life ring around his midriff, while colleagues stood on the bank holding a rope.

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As soon as Pc Patterson had got a hold on the man, other officers quickly pulled the pair back to safety where first aid was carried out.

Nottinghamshire Police said the man who fell in the river survived.

Four of the officers who were most involved in the rescue have been recommended for a commendation or award for their "courageous and professional actions in fast-moving circumstances" near Trent Bridge on February 18.