Security staff at Birmingham Airport unwrapped gifts at the weekend and confiscated some of the liquids as part of their security checks.

A spokesman for Birmingham Airport said the delays caused distress.

All items of hand luggage have to be inspected and this includes carefully-wrapped presents, the spokesman said.

"Unfortunately, we cannot wrap them again," he added.

Liquids, such as bottles of wine, had to be left behind.

Items must be in no more than 100ml containers and must be presented in a single re-sealable plastic transparent bag.