Alex Batty Spends First Night Back in UK for More Than Six Years

Alex Batty is spending his first night back in the UK in the more than six years since he disappeared on holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather. The 17-year-old did not return from a pre-arranged trip there when he was 11 and is said to have lived an “alternative” lifestyle abroad before deciding to return home. He was picked up by chiropody student Fabien Accidini near the French city of Toulouse in the early hours of Wednesday after walking across the Pyrenees “for four days and four nights”. After being looked after by the French authorities, he met his step-grandfather at Toulouse airport on Saturday before boarding a flight back to the UK, Greater Manchester Police said....