Gorillas at a zoo have thrown a goodbye party for one of their troop, who is off to start a new family.
Namoki (left) was born at Bristol Zoo Gardens nine years ago and is now mature enough to have babies of her own. The western lowland gorilla is related to the males at the zoo, so must move away and be introduced to another family.
Her departure was celebrated with a party, with the gorillas given boxes of their favourite foods.
Namoki will leave for Northern Ireland on October 14, joined by Lynsey Bugg, assistant curator of mammals, who will help the gorilla settle into her new home at Belfast Zoo.
Banksy’s seaside art a real big draw
Art lovers are descending on a seaside town after a mural by street artist Banksy appeared on a wall.
The piece, called Art Buff, depicts an older woman staring at an empty plinth while wearing headphones, with her hands clasped behind her back.
Visitors to Banksy’s website can see pictures of the wall before and after the artwork appeared at Payers Park in Folkestone, Kent.
Clear plastic sheeting has been placed over it, and the local authority, Shepway District Council, said it was working with the owner of the building to ensure it remains undamaged.
They swopped eldest child for Wi-Fi
Six Londoners unwittingly agreed to give up their eldest child as part of an experiment into public internet services, according to a report.
Researchers said they set up a Wi-Fi hotspot in the capital, accompanied by a detailed terms and conditions page.
This contained a “deliberately ridiculous” term which stated that in return for free Wi-Fi, the individual using the service was prepared to “render up their eldest child for the duration of eternity”.
A report, entitled Tainted Love: How Wi-Fi Betrays Us, by security and privacy company F-Secure, concluded: “Our results illustrate the very real problem of the modern world, which is that while massively dependent on the technology, the population is unaware of its capabilities for surveillance and intrusion into their lives.”
Police-chase villain ‘scent’ to jail
Police in western Oregon said a suspect they tried to collar at a traffic stop drove too fast for pursuing officers, but eventually he proved just too fragrant.
The Albany Democrat-Herald reported that the driver gave officers in Linn County the slip in a high-speed chase before dawn, doing more than 100mph in a red Honda Prelude whose bonnet flew off. But police later saw the car parked and launched a search by foot.
When officers caught a “strong scent of cologne” in the darkness, they soon found their suspect hiding in shrubbery. Charles V Agosto, 35, was jailed.
Harry Clutter sets new world record
A Mexico City man is in Hogwarts heaven after his collection of Harry Potter paraphernalia was named the world’s largest.
Menahem Asher Silva Vargas has spent nearly 15 years hoarding memorabilia related to British author JK Rowling’s young-adult wizard-fantasy series, which spawned eight blockbuster films.
His collection fills two rooms and counts everything from magic wands and toy figurines to Gryffindor scarves and replica Quidditch brooms.
Guinness World Records has now officially recognised it as the world number one, at 3,097 pieces.
Mr Silva Vargas laughed: “My salary, my bonuses... it all ended up here.”