A 15-year-old boy missing from his home in Maidstone for the past seven weeks has been found safe and well. The parents of Ben Watkins, David and Dian drove through the night to pick him up at a police station in Devon, just hours after he was found.

Ben, of Upper Road, Maidstone, vanished on Saturday, October 20. The last sighting of him had been in Maidstone's Mote Park.

During the past few weeks his family, friends and the police had become increasingly concerned about his safety.