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Alex Batty could return home to Oldham, Greater Manchester as early as this weekend after the 17-year-old was discovered on a rural road near Toulouse in France

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

Missing British boy Alex Batty vanished six years ago while on holiday with his mum and grandfather - who are believed to have abducted him - before joining a spiritual commune

Alex Batty spoke to his grandmother Susan Caruana for the first time in six years last night after he was found by a medical student wandering through the mountains in southern France

Alex Batty's family received an early Christmas present this week when he was found six years after vanishing with his mother, Melanie, and grandfather David

Alex Batty spoke to Susan Caruana on a video call from near Toulouse, France, where he was located and picked up by a lorry driver, Greater Manchester Police said

The aunt of missing British teenager Alex Batty from Oldham, Greater Manchester, spoke out after French gendarmes confirmed he had been found in the south of France

Officers in Greater Manchester have seen a number of reports of 'porch pirates' - thieves targeting unattended deliveries left by drivers on front doors - in the run up to Christmas

Xena Georgiou, 20, died in a car crash in Sale, Greater Manchester, following a police chase and her family have paid tribute to her saying she was a "beautiful, loving and caring girl"

Abbie Walton, also known as Habiba Sharafeldin, from Tameside, went for a swim in the River Etherow in June this year but got into difficulties and was later found drowned

A man believed to be homeless has been found dead in a shop doorway in Manchester city centre following bitterly cold temperatures overnight and flurries of snow

'Human remains' were found by detectives from Greater Manchester Police during a search of the burnt building on Bolton Road in Farnworth, Bolton

Steven Evans, from Openshaw, Manchester, was branded a "dangerous individual" by police following his sentencing for a catalogue of offences, including rape and sexual assault

Aaron Ritchie, 49, fell into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan and it is believed that his carer jumped into the icy water in a bid to save him but they tragically both died

Theatregoers were watching the newly-opened run of Hamilton shortly after it kicked off its stint at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on Friday night when violence broke out

Brentford will host Arsenal at the Gtech Community Stadium at 5:30pm on Saturday - but the Premier League game was initially scheduled to take place five hours earlier, in TNT Sports' regular time slot

After hearing evidence that suggested a more sinister reason behind little Falaq Babar's death at her home in Rochdale, the coroner agreed to adjourn the hearing pending further investigations by Greater Manchester Police

A police hunt is underway for suspected robbers who blew up a cash machine in Sale, Greater Manchester, littering the street with debris as they attempted to steal money from it

Mohammed ‘Skinny’ Sajid was imprisoned for 18 years after being convicted of an axe attack. But after a recording appeared to show police involvement in a witness statement, he appealed the conviction

Five people were reportedly pouring concrete at Manchester Royal Infirmary when the structure beneath them gave way and they fell from the third floor to the second

Doris ‘Dot’ Bridgehouse, died at the scene of the crash on Halifax Road, Littleborough, on May 13, 2022. On Tuesday Trent Simm was jailed for causing her death by dangerous driving

Now drivers in Greater Manchester who are breaking the law could be caught out and prosecuted for speeding, texting and not wearing a seatbelt all at the same time

Emergency services found Vincent McDonagh lifeless on a street in Oldham, Greater Manchester, and, despite their best efforts, he was declared dead a short time later

Two people were arrested in Rochdale after a cenotaph was graffitied with the phrase “Free Palestine”. The news comes as a huge pro-Palestinian march in London follows its route to the US embassy in the capital

Perseverance Ncube tragically died after being attacked at an address in Salford. Officers later arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of murder