Alan Johnston, missing journalist RELEASED

Fantastic! Alan deserves a STRONG drink after what he went through.

YES! Thank god!

Apologies, no sound. The Anchor is in disbelief, you can tell by the way she is talking and having to re-assess her words.

Is it me, or are BBC News 24 just looping the same 30 seconds of video over and over again? I want to listen to the interviews without hearing the bloody horns repeatedly.

A bit of Bob Dylan to celebrate...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwf7aS5Pcug

I'm not trying to glorify matters but thank goodness he's been released and is in good health.

On ITV meanwhile.......




Fantastic news. And he looks OK too... a bit thin but OK... I'm an Atheist but... "thank god."

Yesssss! Glad he's safe!

Alan Johnston on the phone on N24!

Fantastic stuff! You could hear Martine Croxall struggling to know where to even start with the interview! He sounded amazingly composed even at this time, and gave such a good overview - straight back into those journalistic skills. Superb.

YES!!!!!

The BBC must really be happy, I imagine the overnight, World Today & Breakfast bulletins will have this as its main story & the overnight crew would be streched tonight - any videos on YouTube?

Absolutely fantastic news! Truly wonderful

Martine Croxall still has the shakes with excitement apparently. Fantastic to hear him on the phone and at 3am in the morning, TV Centre must be literally over the moon.

Best news in a long time.