A North Tyneside couple are hoping that their rescue cat will bring a National Cat Award home to the North East this summer.
Four-year-old rescue cat Eric is living the life of luxury and the camera-happy kitty has more than 10,000 followers across Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. However, he came close to using up some of his nine lives as a kitten, having been taken off the streets of Wallsend by charity Strictly Strays, where he became sick with cat flu on three separate occasions.
At one point, it seemed that he may not survive. However, the charity nursed him back to health and he was given the nickname the Wallsend Warrior, before being adopted by Paul Richardson and Helen Aitchison. The couple, who live in Hadrian Park in North Tyneside, got Eric three months into the coronavirus lockdown, despite swearing that they wouldn't get another pet when their previous cat Holly died, due to the heartache that losing an animal brings.
