The UK’s only female polar bear arrives at her new home today, bringing hopes of a cub in the future.

Victoria is being introduced to Highland Wildlife Park as a potential mate for Arktos, who lives there with fellow male Walker. The female, who has travelled by road and sea from Aalborg Zoo in Denmark, will spend a couple of weeks settling into her new enclosure before the public can see her.

Douglas Richardson, head of living collections for Highland Wildlife Park, said that during the breeding season, between March and May, staff “will gradually introduce her to Arktos and the two will stay together until the two hopefully mate, when the male will be returned to the bachelor enclosure”. If Victoria settles in quickly they might try to start breeding this year, but if not will wait till next year.

Travellers say its not so grim

World travellers clearly disagree with the old saying that “it’s grim up North”.

For global tourists’ top 10 list of best-rated UK destinations contains only two from the south of the country.

Apart from London, in first place, and the Devon resort of Torquay (fourth), the list compiled from multiple TripAdvisor reviews, is dominated by destinations well away from southern England. Scottish capital Edinburgh is in second place in the best-UK table, with the Welsh seaside town Llandudno third, Liverpool fifth and Blackpool sixth.

Mad people get chance for selfie

Mad Men fans can now take a selfie with Don Draper, thanks to a bench unveiled featuring the fictional adman’s silhouette.

Jon Hamm, the actor who plays Draper, posed for photos on the bench outside the Time & Life Building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in midtown Manhattan. He appeared with other cast members, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery and Elisabeth Moss, along with the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner.

The bench is one of a number of attractions around New York City coinciding with the AMC series’ final season, which begins on April 5.

Pope Francis finally gets a pizza

Pope Francis, who recently lamented being unable to slip out and get a pizza like he used to, finally got a pie – albeit one hand-delivered to his Popemobile.

Pizza maker Enzo Cacialli had a pie on hand as Francis sped by the Naples waterfront during his one-day visit to the city famous for its pizza. In a video made by a colleague at the Don Ernesto pizzeria, Mr Cacialli is seen getting close enough to the Popemobile to make the delivery as the crowd behind him cheers.

Mr Cacialli, whose father made pizza for a visiting US President Bill Clinton in 1994, told Naples’ Il Mattino that he used yellow tomatoes rather than red to reflect the colours of the Holy See. He said he was “full of joy that he accepted a pizza straight from my hands”.

Farm horror as corn collapses

A Connecticut farm worker has died after a pile of milled corn collapsed on him.

Police said the accident happened when 54-year-old Donald Merchant, of South Windham, was using equipment to move corn from a large mound at the Square A Farm. When he got off the equipment, some of the corn toppled on to him.

Mr Merchant was found unresponsive by other farm workers, who dug him out. He was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.