The parents of a sick five-year-old boy who hit the headlines after taking the youngster from a hospital without doctors’ permission have been given the go-ahead to take their son to the Czech Republic for treatment.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King said they were “relieved” and “tired” as they left a Spanish prison and prepared to be reunited “as soon as possible” with their five-year-old son.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King appear set to be reunited with their son after prosecutors dropped the case against them.

Prosecutors are seeking to withdraw the arrest warrant for the parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King, a High Court judge in England has been told.

The council that began legal action after brain tumour patient Ashya King was removed from hospital without his doctors’ consent has joined mounting calls for extradition proceedings against his parents to be dropped.

The parents of five-year-old brain cancer patient Ashya King have spent another night away from their son as relatives and supporters continued to demand their release from detention.

Spanish media have said a mother and father who took their child from an English hospital to Spain are due before a judge tomorrow accused of child cruelty.