The toddler disappeared on the Greek island of Kos while on holiday with his family in 1991 EPABritish police are “optimistic” that an excavation on the Greek island of Kos will unearth answers in the hunt for Ben Needham, who was 21 months old when he disappeared while on holiday with his parents in 1991. A 20-strong team of officers from South Yorkshire police have returned to the island and began digging up a patch of scrub land in the village of Iraklis yesterday after Greek police were given new information. “I am optimistic about the search taking place,” Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said. He added that he anticipated his team would find “hundreds of bones” in…

Source: The Times September 26, 2016 10:52 UTC