LITTLE Neel Patel, 6 of Ealing Durston House School, and his seven-year-old sister Rani, of Notting Hill and Ealing High School, learned St John Ambulance life-saving skills at Brent Cross Shopping Centre on Sunday.

It was part of the charity's national Save a Life September campaign.

Hundreds of shoppers had the opportunity to learn at first hand the skills necessary to save a life.

Recent research carried out by St John showed that 97%* of people believe that learning first aid is important and yet, astonishingly, just 10% of people in the UK have taken steps to learn it in the last three years.

Volunteers demonstrated five easy-to-follow techniques that could potentially save a life.