Dogsey

A Staffordshire bull terrier stolen more than five years ago has turned up 500 miles away in Scotland.

Ellie disappeared in 2009 after her owner tied her up for two minutes outside a newsagent in Bere Regis, Dorset - and despite a lengthy search she was not seen again.

That was until last week, when the microchipped pet was finally reunited with her shocked 36-year-old owner Sharon Collins after being found wandering the streets of Kircaldy, Fife.

A dognapper is thought to have unclipped Ellie's lead in January 2009, sparking a search which included the missing pet directory Dog Lost.

To ms Collins' shock, a volunteer from the directory knocked on her door last week after the black staffie was taken in to Langdyke Boarding Kennels in Fife.

Staff who tried to contact the pub worker discovered her mobile number had expired - but fortunately the volunteer lived just round the corner from her Dorset home.

A woman from the kennels drove her from Scotland to Peterborough and another woman drove her from Peterborough to Dorset.