have rang council and they checked their records for me, nothing has been "cleaned up" in the Shaw area for a while, he said leave it with him whlst he speaks to the out of hours team, who again last had a ginger cat on record back end of febuary in Lees oldham which is a way away and not on the next street.
i asked if they scan for a microchip and they said no they dont
so who was this cat that got ran over, was it monkey or not? the bloke on the phone said it should really be only the council that picks them up. so he is a little confused too.
i am going to try and speak to the neighbour again and press her for more info