been on holiday with his mother, who wasn t his legal guardian, and his grandfather. melanie and david batty has been accused of abducting alex, possibly to take them to live on a commune in morocco. back in 2018, his grandmother, who was his legal guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting - guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting to - guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting to see. absolute nightmare, wanting to see the grandson that you love so much, might not see him ever again. but she could soon be reunited with his grandson. officials in southern france cy alex, now 17, has been found in the town of revel east of toulouse. in a statement, greater manchester police say offices in oldham are in contact with french authorities to establish the authenticity of the report. they added, this is a complex and long running investigation and we need to m
tonight at ten, european leaders are to open talks with ukraine about eu membership, to the delight of president zelensky. but on the ground, the fight against russia s occupying force is struggling we report from the front line on ukraine s need for more military aid. president putin says russia s war aims have not changed in a four hour press conference. steve rosenberg was there and gives us his assessment. also, the british boy, missing for six years, found in a small town in the south of france. big developments here in the southern french city of toulouse, where mystics alex, who has been gone for six years, is being brought back home by british police from the city in the coming hours. the pioneering premier league referee rebecca welch will be the first woman to do the job. and will you see the shower of shooting stars, set to peak this evening? and on newsnight at 10:30pm, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories.
about winter pressures. delays at hospital are a worry. we re worried about the system becoming overrun. so we ve got a category one call, a male who was unconscious. siren wails their first call of the day, and ryan and debbie from the north west ambulance service are on their way to see a critically ill patient. hello, are you 0k? please can we get some pads on him just in case? and then let s get some access. he was really septic and with his heart rate being so low, his blood pressure and saturations and recordable, i believe he was at the stage just before going into cardiac arrest, he was that poorly. right, we are good to go when you are. we re going to go on blue lights. our eta to wigan is six minutes, ever. can you open them eyes for me? hold my hand. ifeel really privileged to do ourjob. it s only a short distance to resus. within minutes of getting the patient into intensive care. do you think you could step out with us and we will get you straight into a chair? i