Canine giant laid up by broken toe

Britain's biggest dog has been floored by a suspected broken toe.

Samson – who weighs 20 stone and measures 7ft 4in from tip to tail – is set to be laid up over the festive period, but his owners Ray and Julie Woods are unable to find out for certain if he's broken a bone because they cannot afford to get him X-rayed.

Mrs. Woods told the Daily Mail newspaper: "Samson was walking along on the way home from his morning walk.

"We were just two doors away when suddenly he yelped and started walking on three legs.

"We don’t know how he did it but he’s got a big lump there now. Ray had to hold him up to get him home.

"We had to put ice on his toe, then bathe it and bandage it. We’re sure he’s broken it, but we don’t have enough money to take him to the vet to get it X-rayed."