Astonishing against-all-odds story of the missing nine-year-old girl found alive today, cowering in a divan drawer, less than a mile from her home - 24 days after going missing.Channel Four News says the 39-year-old-man arrested at the West Yorkshire flat where little Shannon Matthews was found is a distant relative.
They also say police, who were apparently acting on a tip-off, have tonight taken out an emergency place of safety order preventing a reunion with her family.
Shannon apparently planned to run away from home on the day she went missing. I've no idea, of course, what Shannon has told police since she was rescued, but this little girl has clearly seen much more of life than any nine-year-old should.
UPDATE: BBC latest.
