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Alex Batty has said that 'life is good' as he spoke about having new found friends at college - a change from the commune where he said there was nobody his own age.
The 17-year-old flew from France 's Toulouse Blagnac airport to Amsterdam yesterday before finally touching down in Manchester last night, escorted by police officers.
Alex was found walking along a deserted country road in the middle of night on Wednesday after escaping a 'nomadic' commune he had been living in at the foot of the French Pyrenees.
Six years after he went missing with his mother and grandfather Alex Batty was found earlier this week wandering along a country road in France and is set for an emotional reunion with his grandmother today
Alex Batty will be flown back to the UK today to be reunited with his grandmother six years after going missing from a holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather.