Is Downing Street to get another famous cat?

Is Downing Street to get another famous cat?



The 10 Downing Street cat Humphrey has died, a spokesman for the prime minister has confirmed.

The black and white feline passed away at the home of a Cabinet Office worker who took him when he "retired".

Humphrey was adopted by Number 10 after wandering into the building as a stray while Margaret Thatcher was PM in 1989.



Downing Street cat Sybil dies

Sybil, the retired Downing Street cat, has died after a short illness.

The cat followed in the steps of Humphrey who served Margaret Thatcher, John Major and, briefly, Tony Blair.

Sybil, named after Basil Fawlty's wife in the television show Fawlty Towers, was moved into the Chancellor Alistair Darling's flat above 10 Downing Street in the summer of 2007.

The black and white cat, an experienced mouser, was the first in Downing Street for a decade after Humphrey was retired to the country by Cherie Blair six months after she moved into Downing Street.



Peter Mandelson, who has already had more political lives than a cat, recently announced "I don't really see myself as a big beast. More as a kindly pussycat."

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Man blames cat for porn downloads

Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat.

Keith Griffin is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found more than 1,000 images on his home computer.

According to a sheriff's report Friday, Griffin told investigators that his cat jumped on the computer keyboard while he was downloading music.

He said he had left the room and found "strange things" on his computer when he returned.

Griffin is being held on $250,000 bond in the Martin County jail. It is unclear if he has an attorney.

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