A piece of shrapnel fell out of a British pensioner's jaw after 65 years.

Alf Mann, an 87-year-old former soldier, has struggled to eat and speak properly since he was injured in an explosion in 1944.

However, Alf's discomfort disappeared when he awoke to find the half-inch piece of shrapnel in a pool of blood on his pillow.

Alf, from Birmingham, said: "I can't believe it. I do have very small bits of shrapnel in my hands and a piece dislodged out of my shoulder two year after I returned from way but I had no idea it was in my jaw. It's fantastic now.