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Alex Batty, from Oldham, was 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017.

Alex Batty says ‘I’m glad to be here for Christmas’ as he makes first statement since reuniting with his family in England after he was missing for more than six years

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A British teenager who was missing for more than six years has spoken out for the first time since reuniting with his family in the UK. Alex Batty, 17, said: ‘I’m glad to be here for Christmas‘ as he broke his silence after he returned from a shopping trip with a relative in Greater Manchester. […]

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Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017. He has now been found six years later

Alex Batty’s grandfather died six months before the teenager decided to leave French commune and return to his grandmother in Britain because his mother insisted they should move to Finland, police reveal

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The British boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his mother and grandfather to live in a ‘spiritual community’ six years ago has told police his grandparent died six months before he decided to flee the French commune, cops revealed today.  Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return from […]

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Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017. He has now been found six years later

British police begin hunt for Alex Batty’s mother and grandfather and say the boy spoke to his overjoyed grandmother last night as detectives fly out to search French region known for its hippy camps

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British detectives have launched a manhunt for a boy’s mother and grandfather in southern France after they allegedly kidnapped him and took him to a ‘spiritual commune’ six years ago where he was ‘brainwashed’ before he managed to escape. Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return from a […]

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