Anglia Dogs Trust

A dog that looks like a lion thanks to his incredible six inch long mane has been taken in by a Norfolk rescue centre.

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Three-year-old Murphy is a Shar-Pei.

They normally have short fur but Murphy has the much rarer "bear" coat which gives him the lovely long mane.

He is being cared for at the Dogs Trust in Snetterton but a new owner is picking him up on Saturday.

A new dogs home in Wickford, near Southend, has re-homed almost all its dogs in the first week of opening.

The Dog's Trust rehoming centre looks after a hundred dogs at any one time.

They're now taking in dogs from other areas to meet the demand.

Click below to watch a report by ITV News Anglia's Hannah Pettifer.

A new dogs home in Wickford near Southend has re-homed almost all of its dogs in the first week of opening.

The Dogs Trust re-homing centre looks after hundreds of dogs at any one time and it's now taking in dogs from other areas to meet the demand.

Lisa Cooper said. "Although it's been busy over the past week we know that there's been a lot of excitement locally, people have seen the new building, they want to come and have a look around.

We know that will die off and that means less people coming in through the doors, but we still have the dogs here to be re-homed."

A police dog from Suffolk who was stabbed last year has been given his third award for bravery. Six year old Aman was stabbed as he challenged a man with a knife in Ipswich.