`TAILS' WITH A HAPPY ENDING.

GREYHOUND Big 'Un spent months in the care of the NCDL. He began his search for a new owner at the charity's base in Kenilworth, but after being repeatedly overlooked he was transferred to Bridgend where staff pulled out all the stops, including making appeals in the Echo and elsewhere.

As a result Big 'Un found a new home with a young family from Beddau.

When Fergus was handed into the NCDL centre in Bridgend, staff immediately realised he had a lot of star potential. So when manager Beverly Price heard actor Robert Duncan, who played Gus Hedges in Drop the Dead Donkey, was looking for a dog she thought of the one-year-old jet black Scottie.

Bev took Fergus along to meet Robert at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, where he was starring in a play.

The actor was smitten, as were fellow cast members including legendary comedian Eric Sykes. The Scottie now lives with Robert and his wife in Hertfordshire.