A TODDLER had to be rescued from a bathroom by firefighters - after locking himself inside.

A crew from Stratton fire station were sent to the Christmas Day emergency at Home Farm, Highworth, shortly after 10.45am. 

The three-year-old boy's mother had called firefighters after finding herself unable to coax the lad from out of the locked bathroom. 

A spokeswoman for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "His mum had tried breaking down the door." 

Firefighters used a triple extension ladder to access the bathroom and rescue the boy.