All news on the topic: Alex Batty

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'Kidnapped' Alex Batty's two biggest challenges since his return to the UK
Alex Batty who was missing for six years after disappearing with his mum and grandad while away on holiday has revealed his two biggest challenges since returning home to the UK
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'Kidnapped' Alex Batty has heartbreaking five-word message for on-the-run mum
Alex Batty has told of his life back in the UK after six years on the run in Europe - he revealed he hopes his mum and grandad do not get caught after taking him abroad
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'Kidnapped' Alex Batty admits he still doesn't want his mum and grandad caught
Alex Batty, his mum and grandad had travelled for a pre-agreed week-long holiday to Marbella in Spain and were last seen at the Port of Malaga on 8 October, 2017
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'Kidnapped' Alex Batty has started dating and says 'life's so much better' in UK
Alex Batty, who turns 18 on Tuesday, admits mum Melanie and grandad David will not risk contacting him for fear of giving away where they are while facing an international child abduction probe
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Alex Batty starts college today achieving 'biggest dream' of normal education
Alex Batty, 17, who was missing for six years with his mother and grandfather, says that it is his "biggest dream" as he starts college today and plans to go on and study at university
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'We told cops of Alex Batty fears years ago' warn British owners of French B&B
B&B owners John and Margaret informed the cops of their suspicions after a family that checked into their campsite six years ago, but were told it was a 'French problem'.
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Abducted Alex Batty reveals his biggest regret from six years living on the run
Alex Batty, settling into life at home after being 'kidnapped' by his mum and grandad when he was 11-years-old, has revealed his biggest regret at his old lifestyle
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Alex Batty relives moment he knew he had to escape from mum's commune lifestyle
Alex Batty, the teen who was 'kidnapped' by his mum and grandad when he was just 11-years-old, has said knew in one moment he had to escape their nomadic, commune lifestyle
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Kidnapped Alex Batty pleads 'don't jail mum and grandad'
British teenager Alex Batty who was found in France last month six years after being abducted spoke to Good Morning Britain in his first televised interview
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Fresh hope in hunt for missing Ben Needham as mum shares heartbreaking update
In 1991 Kerry Needham's son Ben vanished when he was just two-years-old but the miraculous return of missing teen Alex Batty earlier this year is giving her fresh hope of seeing her boy again
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Alex Batty celebrates Christmas with bumper gift of his favourite drink
Alex Batty, 17, said he never really celebrated Christmas while moving between hippy communes across Europe but was delighted to experience festivities with his grandma in Oldham
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Alex Batty tells mum I don’t want you to go to jail as cops launch investigation
Alex Batty said mum Melanie, 43, and grandad David, 64, should avoid the police in an interview with reporters. The pair disappeared with Alex on a holiday when he was 11
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Alex Batty's mum told landlord she 'had to leave' after teen left for the UK
Melanie Batty reportedly fled the home where she was staying near Chalabre, France, with son Alex Batty after he left, telling a landlord in an email 'I'm sure you've seen the news'
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Alex Batty: Gran says she'll 'never forgive' teen's mum as she 'tricked' her
Susan Caruana, 68, says she'll never be able to forgive her daughter Melanie Batty, 43, after she took her grandson Alex Batty abroad and disappeared for six years with no updates
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Alex Batty says he educated himself by reading each Harry Potter book '20 times'
Missing Alex Batty never went to school while he was away and he spent his time with only one other child his age but has said how JK Rowling’s novels provided him with an education resource
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Alex Batty's gran 'felt betrayed' the moment she realised her grandson was gone
Alex Batty's grandmother Susan Caruana has spoken about how she feels "utterly betrayed" by her daughter and ex-husband after his abduction six years ago while on holiday in Spain
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Police question teen and launch criminal investigation into alleged abduction
Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, went missing after he went on holiday with his mum Melanie and grandfather David - but he discovered in the French Pyrenees last week
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Alex Batty wrote mum a poignant handwritten note just minutes before fleeing
Alex Batty told his mother, Melanie, not to worry as he was capable of looking after himself, before he left the commune in the French Pyrenees with the hope to study at university
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Alex Batty says he knows where his mum is and says grandad 'is still alive'
Teenager Alex Batty has spoken out after coming home to Oldham, Greater Manchester, following more than six years of being missing as he said his mother Melanie had plans to go to Finland
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Alex Batty's heartfelt message to mum as he admits she's 'not a great parent'
Alex Batty, 17, is now back home in the UK after having disappeared six years ago with his mother and grandfather while on holiday in Spain. He has now opened up about his relationship with his mum
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Alex Batty should have been found five months ago - but police were on strike
Géro Vigney, the director of a college in France, said he tried to alert police that he had spoken to Alex Batty but they reportedly told him to come back later due to policing strikes
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Village of 'few dozen people' didn't know missing teen was living among them
Missing Alex Batty spent time living in the tiny village of Camps-sur-l'Agly in the foothills of the Pyrenees - but the handful of residents had no idea who the teenager really was
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Alex Batty's mum left two mysterious items at French commune before fleeing
While Alex Batty's mother, Melanie Batty, has seemingly 'vanished', she left her belongings in an isolated French holiday site, two of which include musical instruments
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Alex Batty's mum is 'not in Finland' - and vanished after her son was found
Melanie Batty, mother to Alex, wanted to see the Northern Lights in Finland, it was widely understood - but residents near Chalabre, Aude, have spoken out about her plans
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All the unanswered questions and unsolved mysteries around teen's disappearance
Alex Batty, who was found walking through heavy rain on a French country road, had been missing for six years after travelling to Spain with his mother, Melanie Batty, and grandfather, David Batty