OH DEER!

A stag was suddenly stopped in its tracks after becoming entangled in an electric fence.

The fallow deer tried every manoeuvre to escape, but the more he jumped and twisted, the tape wound tighter around his head.

Thankfully the RSPCA came to the rescue and freed the deer by holding down the animal before cutting the tape.

Once the fencing was removed the stag recovered on the ground for a few minutes and then raced off into the distant Suffolk countryside.

The RSPCA is appealing to landowners to make sure they maintain or remove old fencing, saying these incidents happen frequently and often lead to serious injuries.

GRAN REGAINS SIGHT WITH TOOTH IMPLANT

A formerly blind grandmother has regained her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye.

Sharron Thornton reveals her new tooth-implant eye

American granny Sharron Thornton, 60, was blind for nine years after contracting Stevens-Johnsons syndrome, a rare disease that scarred her cornea.

But doctors in Miami, Florida, made history after extracting her canine and drilling an optical cylinder lens into it.

Ms Thornton is the first person ever to have her “eye tooth” taken out, reshaped and inserted in this type of surgery.

She said: “We take sight for granted, not realising that it can be lost at any moment. This truly is a miracle.

“If you could keep your eyes closed just for one week, it is amazing what you would see when you opened your eyes again.”

The tooth and the lens were implanted under her skin for two months so they could bond.

They were then implanted in the centre of her eye, after a series of procedures to prepare the socket.

The grandmother first realised she could see when doctors put antibiotics in her eye and she could tell the liquid was yellow.

Once bandages were removed, she was able to recognise objects and faces within a few hours.

Two weeks later she was able to read newspapers.

“Through the work of the team, patients in the United States now have access to this complex surgical technique,” said Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Eduardo Alfonso.

Ms Thornton said it was hard to make people believe she had regained her sight thanks to one of her teeth.

“I’m looking forward to seeing my seven youngest grandchildren for the first time,” she said.