Mr Cottle signed up for the programme through a Facebook advert, then took a one-hour training course to become a “captain” at the local campaign office. An app directs him where to go in ...

Mr Cottle Shaw said it was "heartbreaking" to see the dog, renamed by the charity, barely able to move when he was found. "He was the thinnest dog that I had ever seen which was still alive," he said.