Police found 9years old boy under the bed searched by police

A boy was found hiding under his bed after a huge police search and rescue operation had been launched to find him.

Josh Dinning, nine, from Dunston, Gateshead, had been reported missing after his mother, Michelle, 49, went into his room to get him up for school but found his bed empty.

She had last seen him the night before on Monday at 9.30pm after tucking him in and he had not been seen at school either.

But after dozens of officers were called in to help find him, including a helicopter, sniffer dogs and boats on the River Tyne, he was found in a cupboard under his bed.

Older brother Scott, 20, told The Chronicle newspaper: 'I was just sitting outside the house when all of a sudden I heard someone saying, "he is here".

'Apparently Josh had got into the cabinet under the bed. It's one of those beds that has sliding doors and somehow he has got himself inside and shut the doors.

'We are all just so relieved. We were all thinking the absolute worst. You see stories about kids going missing all of the time. See photos.