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Megan Stammers and teacher Jeremy Forrest found in France Story from: www.guardian.co.uk Image Attribution: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images Schoolgirl's family speak of 'elation' after eight-day hunt for pair ends in central BordeauxThe 15-year-old schoolgirl Megan Stammers and her 30-year-old married maths teacher Jeremy Forrest were found "safe and well" in central Bordeaux on Friday lunchtime apparently on their way to a job interview according to French police.Their discovery ended an eight-day international hunt involving Interpol and brought huge relief to their families. Megan's stepfather Martin Stammer spoke of "pure elation" at the news that she had been found while Forrest's parents Jim and Julie Forrest said the pair's flight had been "an ordeal for all the families concerned".Stammers was put in the care of British consular staff and Sussex police child protection officers in Bordeaux while Forrest was held in French custody where he is expected to remain over the weekend until a formal hearing on Tuesday intended to authorise his extradition to the UK.The schoolgirl and the teacher fled their separate homes in East Sussex on Thursday last week on a Dover to Calais ferry shortly after it appeared the police may have become aware of their potentially illegal relationship.They were stopped by French police at 12.15pm on Friday on Rue Sainte-Catherine the main high street in the centre of Bordeaux. They were walking hand in hand one police source was reported as <b>...</b>