内容摘要：Talks between bin workers and the city council ended on Tuesday without an agreement being reached.

Talks between bin workers and the city council ended on Tuesday without an agreement being reached.

"It was completely out of the blue," the cat owner said."The vet asked if I had a cat called Sunshine, I said yes I did and they said she'd been handed in as a stray.

"I was so surprised, I was overwhelmed really as I just didn't expect to see her again, especially after all this time."Mr Pullen put flyers up around Welwyn Garden City when Sunshine did not come home and appealed for help finding her.Ultimately, he conceded defeat and moved without his furry friend to the village of Takeley in about 2010.

"We figured by then we wouldn't see her again, but it was still sad to leave the house," he said.Mr Pullen said Sunshine weighed about 2kg (0.3st) when she was returned to him, and he estimated she was 19 years old.

He added: "It's nice to have her back again and knowing she's going to have a nice end to her life now.

"She might not be with us for very long, but at least she gets a nice retirement."Social care will be hit by a

The sector welcomed an extra £600m in funding to local authorities for adult and children's social care.But care groups said this would not be enough and would be "wiped off instantly" by increased staffing costs.

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt social care from the rise in National Insurance.The party said the chancellor had provided extra funding for the NHS and other public sector organisations to cover the cost of the tax rise - but because the vast majority of care providers are private they would not benefit from this.