Assistant Chief Constable Matt Boyle of Greater Manchester Police has confirmed that Alex Batty has returned to the UK, having gone missing six years ago while on holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather.
The teenager who is now 17 met a family member at Toulouse airport earlier on Saturday before flying back to the UK.
The Police are yet to take a statement from him and are still to establish whether a criminal investigation into his disappearance will be opened.
Report by Etemadil.
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Sir Keir Starmer says Labour "welcomes" Greater Manchester Police's investigation into Angela Rayner and that he has "full confidence" in his deputy leader. The Labour leader says the police should now be allowed "the space and the time" to conduct the investigation. Ms Rayner is accused of failing to properly disclose her living situation a decade ago in official documents. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Grant Shapps has accused Labour of "extraordinary" double-standards, as Greater Manchester Police announces it will investigate Angela Rayner over a house declaration. Labour's deputy leader is accused of failing to properly disclose her living situation a decade ago in official documents. The defence secretary argues Ms Rayner has spent her political career calling people out for "exactly what she seems to be doing now". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour’s Lisa Nandy defends Angela Rayner after it emerged that Greater Manchester Police said it will reassess its decision not to investigate allegations the party’s deputy leader gave false information regarding the sale of her house in 2015. The shadow cabinet minister for international development says, “Angela has been clear that she’s taken legal and tax advice and believes she has done absolutely nothing wrong”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Toulouse have to withstand a spirited second-half fightback to beat Harlequins and book their place in a first Investec Champions Cup final for three years. BBC Sport
Toulouse's "fear factor" means Harlequins could need a "10 out of 10 performance" to reach the Investec Champions Cup final, says scrum-half Danny Care. BBC Sport
Timelapse filming show the Northern Lights putting on a spectacular show in the skies over North East of England on Friday night. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Nick Thomas-Symonds welcomes Natalie Elphicke to the Labour Party and says her and other recent Conservative Party defections show the government is "frankly disintegrating". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Labour leader has said Natalie Elphicke has made clear the Conservative Party are "out of road" and "incompetent", following her defection to Labour. Sir Keir Starmer added, "I don't think she's alone", and believes there are "many Conservative supporters and voters" who feel Labour is the "only party that can take our country forward". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says Labour would scrap the government's Rwanda scheme, labelling it a "waste of taxpayers' money". The Labour leader adds a new Border Security Command would help take down people-smuggling gangs in the first place. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
An ex-prisoner has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for killing an elderly mobility scooter rider. Lee Byer, 45, was psychotic when he stabbed 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. Mr O’Halloran, originally from County Clare, was well-known in the Greenford community. Byer, who had had a string of convictions, was released from Wormwood Scrubs five days before the killing. Mental health reports found Byer was psychotic, hearing voices, and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
British teenager Alex Batty, who went missing at the age of 11 during a holiday in Spain in 2017, has returned to the United Kingdom after being found in France, according to police on Saturday. Alex,..
Alex Batty, the British teenager who resurfaced in southern France after disappearing six years ago, returned to Britain on Saturday (December 16), local police said.
Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes said Alex Batty's family are "massively relieved" that he's been found, adding that a "whole host of emotions are going through their mind at the moment as they..
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