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| Missing 10-year-old boy is safe | Missing 10-year-old boy is safe |
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| A 10-year-old Birmingham boy, who was missing for more than 19 hours, has been found safe and well. | |
| Ben Smythe disappeared after he left his friend's home in Riddfield Road, Bromford, about 1900 GMT on Sunday to walk the short distance to his home. | Ben Smythe disappeared after he left his friend's home in Riddfield Road, Bromford, about 1900 GMT on Sunday to walk the short distance to his home. |
| West Midlands Police said however that Ben had been found at about lunchtime. | West Midlands Police said however that Ben had been found at about lunchtime. |
| Police had carried out house-to-house inquiries and the force helicopter in the search for Ben, who recently moved to Bromford Drive. | Police had carried out house-to-house inquiries and the force helicopter in the search for Ben, who recently moved to Bromford Drive. |
| Ben had been playing football with his friend Simon Kesterton and they had gone to a chip shop before the disappearance. | Ben had been playing football with his friend Simon Kesterton and they had gone to a chip shop before the disappearance. |