Disappearing cats and deadly ditches

Disappearing cats and deadly ditches

• Your report on Samira Ahmed’s equal pay claim (31 October) suggests the BBC thinks it right to pay more for an entertainment presenter dealing with topics in a lighthearted way than for a programme where a journalist deals with them seriously.

Dog bit chunk out of arm of pensioner, 82, in park

Dog bit chunk out of arm of pensioner, 82, in park

The shocking wound to Charles Brown, with his wife Ann, is too graphic to show (Picture: Caters)An elderly man had a ‘chunk of his arm’ ripped off by a dog in a savage attack that left his bone exposed.

Miracle pony rescued from HORRIFIC DEATH after being found drowning in mud bath

Miracle pony rescued from HORRIFIC DEATH after being found drowning in mud bath

Puddles the pony trapped in muddy morass (Image: RSPCA) Only the ears of the little Welsh pony were left clear from cloying mud as RSPCA rescuers and firefighters battled to save her from drowning.

Tragedy: Dog left with yellow stained fur FOR LIFE after cruelly left living in filth

Tragedy: Dog left with yellow stained fur FOR LIFE after cruelly left living in filth

Dumped dog showing off yellow-stained belly from living in filthy cage (Image: RSPCA) Inspector Melvin said: "Staff discovered health problems which indicate he had been kept in a cage for a long time.

HEARTBREAKING: Stoke hit by SPATE of dog abandonments - 'It is DISGUSTING'

HEARTBREAKING: Stoke hit by SPATE of dog abandonments - 'It is DISGUSTING'

Peppa the abandoned dog named because of her bright pink skin (Image: RSPCA) Days after CCTV footage of a dog called Snoop being turfed out of a car went viral worldwide, animal cruelty investigators are probing two new cruelty cases in the city.