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Damian Aspinall and gorilla Tambabi share a hug at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury, Kent. Picture: Damian Aspinall/SWNS

Moment gorilla gently hugs man captured on camera

I’m A Celebrity-style mansion hits the market for £2m - just down the road from Ant & Dec

Inside the £2m ‘Jungle’ mansion down the road from Ant & Dec

Prince Harry

Prince Harry planning a major new Netflix project

Three judges have overturned a ruling, which previously said Rwanda could be considered a ‘safe third country’.

Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ruled ‘unlawful’

Foundation pupils at Robin Hood Primary School meet up with Sherwood Forest legend Robin Hood when he visited the Mansfield Woodhouse School with a sapling from the Major Oak. They are from left, Louise Keogh, Joshua Lancashire and Connor Sheldon. 2007.

Photos: Take a trip back in time at Sherwood Forest with these photos

The Major Oak at the heart of Sherwood Forest.

Can you find Sherwood Forest?

Shein has announced plans to open 30 new pop-up stores

Shein announces plans to open 30 new pop-up stores - all we know

Spike the penguin crowned best in the world - who is the celebrity penguin with over 17k followers?

Spike the penguin crowned ‘undisputed’ best in the world

Environmental activist Jane Goodall (photo: Getty Images)

UK climate change is under microscope on eve of Earth Day

NPAC volunteers with one of the charity's shipping containers.

Mansfield aid charity desperately seeks new warehouse as it celebrates 30 years

The UK could be facing a pizza crisis

UK facing pizza crisis as cost of tomato skyrockets amid shortage

Extreme weather in Spain and north Africa has affected fruit and vegetable stock levels at UK supermarkets

Empty aisles at Sainsbury's as supermarkets see fruit and vegetable shortage

Empty tomato shelves at Morrisons in Birmingham.20/02/2023 See SWNS story SWBNtomatoes - Suppliers are blaming poor weather conditions in Spain for empty shevles which seem to be prevalent across the country.

Asda, Tesco, Morrisons & Lidl limit sales of fruit and vegetables

Aldi and Tesco put limit on fruit and veg sales - full list of items

Sir David Attenborough (left) speaking to the presenter Chris Packham for Winterwatch. (Photo credit: BBC/PA Wire)

Sir David Attenborough said BBC was reason for working abroad

Handout of Ngozi Fulani, founder of SistahSpace.

Royal aide resigns after asking charity boss ‘where are you from?’

The World Health Organisation has confirmed that monkeypox has been renamed ‘mpox’ following racism concerns.

WHO confirms Monkeypox has been renamed ‘mpox’ after racism concerns

Pumpkins sit in a wheelbarrow at Tulleys farm in Crawley, England.

Scarily hot Halloween on the cards thanks to ‘African plume’

The team from Microlise who took on the Transaid's Cycle Malawi Challenge

Team from Eastwood firm complete 500km Cycle Malawi Challenge for Transaid

A possible case of monkeypox has been identified in Chesterfield, according to a report by the UK Health Security Agency

Possible monkeypox case found in Ashfield, say health chiefs

Andree Ball, marketing events manager,

Team from Eastwood firm take on 500km Cycle Malawi Challenge

The case definition for monkeypox has been updated by UK health officials to include new symptoms to look out for

UKHSA identifies new signs of monkeypox to look out for - what to do if you spot...

India will have some new guests next month, with cheetahs set to return to the plains

First News: Cheetahs set to return to India

Cheetahs could be returning to India (photo: iStock)

First News: Cheetahs set to return to India

These are five ways to recycle, reuse or donate unwanted gifts

World Prematurity Day takes place every year in November, raising awareness of the challenges and burden of preterm birth globally (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's when World Prematurity Day 2021 takes place - and this year’s theme

The deal from Aldi comes in at just £4.50 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Parents can buy their kids’ school uniform for just £4.50 as Aldi launches cheap...

Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus (Photo: CDC/Getty Images)

Monkeypox outbreak in UK: what are the symptoms and how does it spread?

Do you have any traditions to mark the start of a new month? (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why people say 'white rabbit' on the 1st of a new month

The kits were donated to the Onside Soccer Gambia project.

Teversal club donates dozens of football kits to empower children in Africa

Lee Anderson wants to see Britain taking doing more beneficial trade deals with poorer countries rather than just handing out aid. Photo: London Portrait Photographer-DAV

Ashfield MP says more trade and less aid is the way forward for Britain

A reader has outlined what he believes are the aims of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photo by Pixabay.

Letter: Black Lives Matter highlights issues that cannot be ignored

These are the animals that hibernate in the UK in winter - and why they do it

Lee Anderson, Ashfield MP. Photo: London Portrait Photographer-DAV

Ashfield MP calls on people to remember the wartime generation and do their bit ...

Comic Relief will no longer send celebrities to Africa - here’s why

Joan Green - Picture: Joan Green

Retired Church Warsop teacher's help for Zambian children

around 12 million girls become victims of early marriage every year (Photo: Shuttertock)

The Covid-19 pandemic could increase child marriages - here's why

Travel company Thomas Cook collapsed and entered into liquidation last year, but it has now made a comeback by relaunching online (Photo: Shutterstock)

Thomas Cook has relaunched as an online-only travel agent - here are the destina...

European river cruises and UK short breaks head bookings at Titan Travel

The first case was reported on Saturday (4 July) at a hospital in Urad Middle Banner, in Bayannur city (Photo: Getty Images)

An outbreak of bubonic plague has been confirmed in China - what is it and shoul...

A rare ‘Ring of Fire’ summer solstice solar eclipse passes over the UK this week...

The Portguese islands of Madeira and Porto Santo have recently announced that they are opening back up to international tourists from 1 July (Photo: Shutterstock)

Madeira and Porto Santo in Portugal will open to international tourists from 1 J...

Your cooking and cleaning favourite sing-along songs

This travel company will give one lucky woman a free tour of any destination abr...

Ted Baker is cutting hundreds of jobs after a ‘very challenging year’

Girls are starting puberty almost a year earlier than in the 1970s - here's why