A MISSING Bolton schoolboy has been reunited with his family after he was spotted from his photo in last night's Bolton Evening News.
Mehul Patel, aged 14, had not been seen by relatives since he left his Deane home for school three days before.
But he was seen at a friend's house in Horwich after a neighbour recognised him from his picture on the front page of last night's BEN.
His anxious family were delighted when police returned him to them safe and well last night.
Police had thought Mehul, a pupil of Deane School, may have travelled to Blackpool or other resorts and cities to play amusement arcades.
Mehul, of Newstead Drive, Bolton, had been dropped off outside his school but had then disappeared.
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