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Missing British schoolgirl found

Shannon Matthews - Found
Shannon Matthews - Found

A nine-year-old girl who went missing in Britain three weeks ago has been found alive in a house about a mile from her home in west Yorkshire.

Shannon Matthews disappeared as she walked home from school in the town of Dewsbury last month.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of abduction.

The schoolgirl was last seen in CCTV images on 19 February as she left a sports centre.

Neighbours in the Yorkshire town joined a huge search.

Today police smashed their way into a house ten minutes walk from Shannon's home.

They found the little girl upstairs hidden in the base of a bed.

A 39-year-old man who was in the house is being held on suspicion of abduction.