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Four-year-old Freddie was found wandering the streets during the pandemic, and 18 months on, he’s still homeless. Now the playful pooch is hoping he can find a new home where he can play with his favourite squeaky ball.

Three dogs with delicious food inspired names are aiming to attract some fellow foodies as their forever families. Skittles, Peanut and Branston are all current residents at Manchester Dogs Home, and hope their adorable names and of course, their beautiful faces, will get them adopted.

A former stray dog called Penny, who was found wandering the streets alone just as lockdown hit in 2020, is still searching to find her forever home.

New advice has been issued to dog owners ahead of Bonfire Night, Halloween, and Diwali in the next few weeks.

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direct to your inboxA dog found abandoned and in poor health is getting ready to spend his first Christmas with a new family after being nursed back to health.Terry, an eight-year-old crossbreed, was found scared, underweight and with a badly injured tail in April just a few weeks after the start of lockdown.The animal was nursed back to health, including surgery to amputate a part of his tail, thanks to Dogs Trust Manchester.Now he has been given a new home by a gran from Openshaw, but the charity fears many more cases like Terry because of the economic hardship caused by the pandemic.Dawn Bishop, the manager of the charity's Denton base where Terry was cared for, said: "It was heart breaking to see Terry when he first arrived.