Kitten rescued after week behind car dashboard

A kitten has been dramatically rescued from a car, after spending a week behind its dashboard.

Carpenter Chris Bale, 46, noticed squeaking and purring noises coming from his vehicle, which he initially believed must have been a fault that required repair.

He asked mechanic James Blewitt to take a look at the car, who then found the eight-week-old cat hiding behind the dashboard.

Technician Paul Washington explained: "We couldn't really see anything, so we shone a torch up into the gap in the dashboard and that's when we saw the tips of two tiny ears."

He added that he "couldn't believe it" when it was realised that a kitten had been hiding in the car.

The feline was found to have spent more than a week stuck inside the car, where it was not able to access food, water or light at any point, meaning it later had to be treated for malnourishment.