A two-year-old cat was lucky to survive after swallowing 11 of his owner's hair bobbles.
Amy Richards, 29, and her partner Jamie Lamb, 28, have owned black and white moggy Nero since he was an eight-week-old kitten.
The couple, who live in Heaton, Newcastle, had no idea he was secretly stealing the hair ties from Amy's bedside table and swallowing them.
