A MAN is due to appear before magistrates charged with the abduction of his four children.

Masuk Miah, 41, of South Shields, is alleged to have taken son Nozrul, 14, and daughters Nadheera, 13, Hagena, ten, and five-year-old Tasnin to Bangladesh.

They have been reunited with mother, Husna Khanom Parvin, 35, who has lived in South Shields since 1987.

Mr Miah is due to appear before South Tyneside magistrates charged with abduction.