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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.

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

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

The UK could be facing a pizza crisis

UK facing pizza crisis as cost of tomato skyrockets amid 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

Aldi and Tesco have followed the likes of Asda and Morrisons in implementing rationing measures on various fruit and vegetable items amid a UK shortage.

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 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

Jude Brough is heading to Kenya later this year

Hucknall man taking on fundraising challenges to help people at home and in Afri...

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

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

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

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

The Revd Trevor Raaffe (right) with his wife Carol, children Anna and Christopher and the Rt Revd Tony Porter (centre).

Revd's trek from Africa to Linby

09-3170-1 Carol Ridley- Barker at Hucknall cemetery were than has been some flooding

An '˜angel of mercy' passes away aged 69

Hucknall dental nurse Monica Zendera, left, treats a patient in Zimbabwe.

Hucknall dentist travels to Africa to treat suffering patients

Santa is getting ready for the big day.

Follow Santa’s journey around the world here

Buxton Festival Fringe turns town into mecca for performers

Family farm hand-rears meerkat pups after mother abandons them. Simples . . .

Ollerton businessman Hohn Hamnett has raised more than £7,500 for two local charities by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. L-R Sarah Cross (Weston Park) and John Hamnett (A1 Flues)

Kilimanjaro climb for cancer charity

My quest to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro by John Hamnett

Tesco bakery manager, Nick Prost, who is planning to climb Mount Kenya for Diabetes UK.

Tesco man set to climb Mount Kenya
A Huthwaite man is preparing to climb Africa’s second highest peak and raise a mountain of money for his employer’s charity of the year.

Dress-making drive from Garibaldi students

Hall-fast expanding into africa

Red moon eclipse for some skygazers - VIDEO