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A five-year-old boy whose disappearance sparked a major search on Teesside has been found safe and well. | A five-year-old boy whose disappearance sparked a major search on Teesside has been found safe and well. |
Rhys Moorhead went missing from his grandparents' garden at Celandine Close in the Marton area of Middlesbrough at 0930 BST. | |
He was found almost 11 hours later, on the street in Berwick Hills, about four miles away. | |
Cleveland Police said they had deployed all their available resources for the search including a helicopter and dogs. | Cleveland Police said they had deployed all their available resources for the search including a helicopter and dogs. |
'Fantastic response' | |
Insp Gary Fernandez said Rhys had been found safe and well a "reasonable" distance from his home address. | |
He said: "There are no suspicious circumstances at this point. | |
"We will find out where he has been and we will make sure it has a happy ending and it does not happen again." | |
He also thanked members of the pubic for their "fantastic" response. | |
Grandfather Tony Moorhead said the whole family was "over the moon". |