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uk officials in france are preparing to fly home a british teenager who was found after being missing for six years. alex batty, now 17, disappeared after travelling to spain with his mother and grandfather. the boy was discovered on wednesday near the city of toulouse. in the past hour, manchester police gave a short update to the media. i think ithinki i think i speak on behalf of the whole of the greater manchester police when we say we are relieved and overjoyed to say we received the news from the french authorities they believe alex batty has been found safe and well. it has be...

shortly, alongside british police. at the moment, we know that alex has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to his grandmother back in the uk. he hasn't told the authorities where his mother and grandfather are. they are believed to be somewhere in europe but we don't know exactly where. they are considered to people of interest with regards to this. like i say, alex batty, the 17—year—old found after being missing for six years. we will follow the developments closely. hungary has blocked more than 50 billi...

Lucy williamson has this report from northern france. tragedy has changed little on the channel. one year on, the flow of migrants has only increased. the deaths of at least 27 people didn't even change the cost of a passage, the risk of disaster already priced in. tuana was 18 years old when he called coastguards from the sinking boat a year ago, a young footballer from iraqi kurdistan. his body has never been found. his brother, here in france to help the investigation, said his advice was always, if you are in trouble, call the police. translation: the two survivors confirmed they were cons...

Report, i found that their phone calls were dismissed and answered with mockery. these people were not viewed as human beings. the french coastguard first received the distress call from the boat at 1:48am. at that point, it seemed to be half a mile inside french waters. documents seen by the bbc suggest operators did not call in rescuers as promised and, instead, contacted the uk. they repeatedly told desperate and screaming passengers to call the british coastguard. "you are in english waters," one says. "wait, i'll transfer you to the uk." another tells french emergency services they've bee...

Tragedy has changed little on the channel, one year on, the flow of migrants has only increased. the deaths of at least 27 people didn�*t even change the cost of a passage, the risk of disaster already priced in. tuana was 18 years old when he called coastguards from the sinking boat a year ago, a young footballer from iraqi kurdistan. his body has never been found. his brother, here in france to help the investigation, said his advice was always, if you are in trouble, call the police. translation: the two survivors confirmed they were constantly l in touch with french and british authoriti...