Cat miraculously survives 50ft fall from fifth-floor flat

A miracle cat used up one of its nine lives after incredibly surviving a 50ft (15m) fall from the fifth floor of a block of flats.

Four-year-old Ivy escaped with just a fractured jaw despite the huge plunge from a balcony at the modern apartment block in Sheffield.

Owner Emily Redfern, 26, had been enjoying dinner with a friend during one of the recent heatwaves when she realised her pet puss was missing.

The door to the enclosed balcony had been left open to cool the flat as temperatures reached 30 degress and Ivy had squeezed through a gap.

She then plummeted five floors into the communal courtyard on June 23 this year.

After searching the apartment, Emily feared the worst had happened and rushed downstairs to find Ivy curle

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