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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

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

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

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

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

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'.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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