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Tonight we would like to applaud Nellie, a hearing dog for the deaf, who saved her deaf owner and two children from molestation in a B & B in Stafford.

Gill Houghten, 48, was fast asleep at the B & B with her two children when all of a sudden Nellie jumped onto the bed, waking her up, she then laid down, indicating something was wrong.

Gill turned to find a drunken man in the doorway of her room, approaching with menaces.

Nellie leapt inbetween the intruder and her family and stood her ground until the man backed off.

Quite rightly, Nellie has been named Dog of the Month by the charity Hearing Dogs for the Deaf.

Well done Nellie!