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Escaped tortoise back home after month on the run

A tortoise has been reunited with its relieved owners a month after making a not-so-swift escape from their garden.

Sallyanne Brooksbank said she had all but given up on ever seeing pet Matilda again after she went missing in early July.

However, the 10-year-old tortoise was discovered by walkers in a field three miles from home in Wymondham in Leicestershire on Thursday, and has now been safely returned.

Sallyanne spoke to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Leicester's Ady Dayman.

Image: Sallyanne Brooksbank

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