Two children who went missing in Thailand nearly three months ago have been reunited with their father.

Ananya (known as Annie), now 11 and Aleena Day, aged six, were reported missing on Sunday, June 1 and dad Robert had been searching for them ever since.

The sisters from Sevenoaks had been on a trip to Pattaya to see their mother, who separated from their father Robert Day in 2010, when they vanished.

The Sundridge and Brasted C of E Primary School pupils were born in Thailand but have been living in Chipstead with their father and grandparents, Betty and Gordon since the split.

Mr Day took drastic steps in his attempt to trace them down by hiring advertising vans with posters of them on to travel around the Chonburi Province.

The vans played a recorded message advertising a reward of 100,000 baht, equal to £2,000, for anyone who returned them.

They also played two songs - Ananya’s favourite song, Beautiful Girl, and the well-known Santa Claus is Coming to Town, which Mr Day hoped would draw public attention.

It is understood that a woman was arrested in connection with their disappearance on Friday.

Mr Day is said to be sorting out paperwork and attending meetings with lawyers in Thailand, and does not know when he will be returning to the UK with the children.

His sister Charlotte Dillow said: "Both of the girls have missed so much - the last few weeks of school, especially important for Annie as she is due to start her new secondary school in September.

"She missed the leavers service and end of term celebrations, and sports day which they both would have loved taking part in.”