TWO Medway moggies have been plucked from rural obscurity to become likely media stars of the future.

Pugwash Two is a black cat with a white bib and paws. Her mother is the dark tabby Arbuthnot.

They have joined the household of the Maidstone MP Ann Widdecombe, who acquired them at Sunday's open day at the Cat Protection League shelter in Bredhurst, near Gillingham.

Miss Widdecombe's former pets Carruthers and the original Pugwash were both from the shelter. By coincidence they died within weeks of each other.

"Pugwash Two reminded me of Mitten the Kitten, which I had from Herman the German for ten bob when I was a young girl," said Miss Widdecombe.

The shelter was celebrating its 21st birthday, and the busy open day also marked the 75th birthday of the protection league. Miss Widdecombe has been a long-time supporter of it, because it has a 'no kill' policy.

Pugwash Two and Arbuthnot - "I chose the name because I think it is a fun name, and has nothing to do with my party's former chief whip," she said - will spend most of their lives in and around the Houses of Parliament with Miss Widdecombe.