FOUR years after their pet pooch went missing Craig Sutton and his family had given up all hope of ever seeing Tilly the Yorkshire terrier again.

Craig and his partner Caroline had searched the streets, trawled through social media sites and contacted every lost and found agency they could after Tilly disappeared from their home in Bartholomew Street, Wombwell, March 2012.

The family received a shock phone call last week telling them Tilly, who is now eight, was alive and well by a vet who had scanned her microchip.

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