Fat cat is faaaaaaaaaaat!

22lb cat Socrates is signed up to the PDSA's Pet Fit Club:

At a whopping 22lb, the black and white heavyweight in Jenny Doig's arms is more than double the size of a normal cat.

Owner Bill Duncan, 52, had taken Socrates to the vet worried by his lack of get-up-and-go.

The verdict, not surprisingly, was that he was simply too fat to move, possibly because of his taste for cheese and onion crisps.