BIG-HEARTED Mid-Devon Advertiser readers have helped Benji the border collie get his much-needed first hip replacement operation.

After one-year-old Benji’s plight was reported in this paper in July, donations came flooding in, including an anonymous donation of £1,500. Benji’s operation cost £4,300.

Buckfastleigh owner Lisa Edwards said: ‘We couldn’t believe people could be so generous, especially the man who donated £1,500 on our online fundraising page. We’d like to say a massive thank you to him, and to everyone else who’s given money.’

Full story in Friday’s edition of the Mid-Devon Advertiser