SOCKS – a 'very affectionate' kitten who went missing last Wednesday – has been reunited with his owners.

The 22-week-old rescue kitten went missing from his home in Corton on Boxing Day (Wednesday) – and his owners Pam and John Langford appealedfor help in finding Socks.

And on Friday – just hours after details had been published on The Journal's website – Socks was found safe and well..

The owners said: 'All is now happy in the Langford household and Socks will sleep once he's spent all that built up energy.'