After a break-up, I’d got a dog for company. But she had plans of her own.

Apart from the For Sale board, the house didn’t look any different from the last time I was here. Six months ago now. The day of my father’s funeral. A memory of how fragile my mother appeared that da

I’ll fight for his cause like a dog with a bone

Animal magic and a camera changed everything for my girl Paula McDonald, 39, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire

One minute Alexis and her daughter were walking down the street. The next they were fighting for their lives…

I’D just started work as a nurse and it was my first time living on my own. I managed to rent a tiny flat in Finchley. It came with a window box, a stray cat that hung around mewing for food, plus a n