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Witnesses watched on in horror as two cats - including a three-month-old kitten - were 'launched high into the air' while trapped inside a bin bag and gift box.

New figures reveal a huge rise in animals being left abandoned in Greater Manchester amid the cost-of-living crisis. In one shocking case, a pair of kittens were dropped in a park and left, while inside a box and a bin bag.

This is the magical moment a majestic peregrine falcon is released back into the skies above Manchester after getting trapped inside a city centre skyscraper - 48 storeys up. The bird of prey was discovered injured inside Elizabeth Tower on Pryme Street, near Deansgate.

savagely beaten behind a McDonald’s.Luke Brewer suffered “catastrophic” brain injuries when he was attacked on April 5 by Brian Marsden behind the fast-food joint in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.The victim was left in a vegetative state for some time after the attack and will never be able to live independently again.Marsden, 44, was jailed for 12 years on Wednesday as a result of the attack, YorkshireLive reports.Bradford Crown Court heard that McDonald’s staff had seen the two men sitting together in a park behind the premises on Bradford Road. Prosecutor Helen Chapman said a witness later saw Marsden throwing a crutch into some bushes and then saw him stamping on something out of sight.