These adorable photos show a proud mother gorilla gently cradling her precious newborn baby. The three-day-old endangered western lowland gorilla was snapped clinging on to its mother, a 22-year-old female. The tiny primate was born to mum Miliki and silverback dad Bukavu in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Blackpool Zoo. Miliki the Gorilla cradles her new born baby Gorilla at Blackpool Zoo, Lancs. Delighted keepers say the baby appears healthy but sightings have so far been rare as...

Insurance companies offer a range of services that most folks simply don’t understand. Each of these juggernauts is competing for your business, offering a wide range of policies ‘tailored’ to your needs and preferences. This makes it difficult to compare options between providers. While some companies have the distinct honour of being regarded as low-cost providers of insurance, this may not hold true with all plans and options provided by that company. It is important to use insurance aggregator sites...

A new app-based car washing service has been launched in London which could transform the way car owners get their motors washed. WashDoctors offer an on-demand service which marries local workers to parked cars in need of a good scrubbing. Founded on the principle of saving time, car owners don't even need to be there when their car is being serviced - they simply pinpoint the car’s location on a map and are free to get on with their day in the...

By Michael McNulty Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill was produced by Nikkatsu Studios, one of Japan’s major production companies who specialized in making programme pictures of the urban youth and Mukokuseki Akushon (borderless action) variety. The film exists in a cultural and cinematic middle ground, distinctly Japanese, but dressed in a noir-gangster film jacket that could have been stitched together by the French New Wave. It is a warped, exhilarating genre piece and a seminal work. Nikkatsu’s extremely busy production...

Sweden has erected glass cabins in its wilderness to allow stressed out workers to escape the daily grind. Five people with some of the world's most stressful jobs, including a British Broadcaster, have been invited to live in cabins made of glass in Sweden’s nature for 72 hours. During their stay, they will enjoy outdoor activities, such as swimming, fishing and cooking off the grid, to get a wholesome experience of a healthy life. Their well-being will be monitored in...

Created by Alex Robson and Howard Raymond, King of Soho gin is a tribute to Howard’s father, Paul Raymond: the original King of Soho. This gin intends to capture the essence of the man famed for revolutionising Soho, founding iconic nightclubs including Raymond Revuebar and Madam JoJo’s. Crafted in small batches in the heart of London, King of Soho gin is distilled using traditional methods by an 11th generation master distiller. Quite fittingly, King of Soho’s master distiller comes from...

A five-year-old wrote to the Queen asking if she could borrow a SWAN for the weekend - and was thrilled to get a response from the Palace. Lyndsay Simpson sent a note to Her Majesty - saying she could look after the bird in her BATH. She loves feeding the ducks and swans and wanted to spend some time with one at home. Her mum Jennifer, from Petersfield, Hants, told her daughter the Queen owns all the swans in Britain....

The parents of a toddler who recently lived through a life-threatening liver transplant are terrified his four-year-old brother may face the same ordeal. Laura and Liam Keenan had to watch as their 14-month-old son Harry battled through a liver transplant operation in late August. He was diagnosed with a rare genetic protein deficiency. But now 29-year-old primary school teacher Laura says their four-year-old son Max is also showing one of the same symptoms as Harry. Max's veins are protruding which...

  The government yesterday (Fri) placed an export bar on an "extraordinary" sculpture of Queen Victoria to prevent it leaving the country. Arts Minister John Glen is hoping a buyer can come forward with £1.45 million to save the 1887 bust made by master sculptor Alfred Gilbert. The export ban on the "remarkable" depiction of the ageing monarch will remain in place until December. But if a serious buyer comes forward the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport may...