She claims one of her neighbors had left their tin of paint without the lid on in their garden.
She claims one of her neighbors had left their tin of paint without the lid on in their garden.
When vets gave the poor kitty an x-ray they were left stunned to find a clump of hairbands in her stomach.
The lift engineer moved in as a child with his parents in 1974 and has lived in the three-bed semi in Bredon Avenue for 48 years.
Emergency services raced to the scene and, when he was rescued from his blue Ford Transit, paramedics noticed a very high fever.
Despite turning him down when he first asked her out, he eventually won her over and they ended up going on a date together.
Vets diagnosed the dog as blind in one eye and had lens issues in the other that would deteriorate.
Staff at Park View Nursing Home had organized a picnic party with games and refreshments for their residents, family and friends.
Plans have been submitted to erect a 82-feet high telecoms pole on land overlooking the world-famous Cragside House and Gardens.
The potentially-fatal bacterial infection is transmitted by tiny spider-like blood-suckers.