A dog has been reunited with its owner after a six-day search ended with the animal being dramatically rescued from a treacherous cliffside.

Rescue dog Jake ran out of his owner's home in Mevagissey, Cornwall, on August 9 and was discovered almost a week later at coastal beauty spot, The Dodman, more than four miles away.

His worried owners frantically sparked a major rescue call across the southwestern coast, and the first sighting of him was in the tiny fishing village of Gorran Haven two days later.

Dozens of volunteers arrived on foot and in their vehicles to search gardens, fields and woodland deep into the nighttime - but he was mysteriously nowhere to be seen.

Efforts ramped up the next day with locals rallying together to try and bring the four-legged explorer home.