Council leaders in Hartlepool have decided a plaque must be placed on its famous monkey statue to explain its origins in case people are offended by it following the Black Lives Matter protests ...

The statue, at the town's marina, was placed there to represent a tale about a monkey which was mistaken for a French spy in the Napoleonic War and subsequently hanged.

Residents became known as "monkey hangers" with the Hartlepool United football team even calling its mascot H'angus the Monkey. The statue is thought to have been in place since the 1990s.

A 'highly offensive' monkey statue has been removed from a café following a complaint from a customer. An ornamental figure of a clothed monkey, holding out a tray, said to be a business card ...

The Tennessee town known for the famed 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" saw no protesters Friday as it unveiled a statue of the lawyer who argued for evolution near a ...

The Tennessee town known for the famed 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" saw no protesters Friday as it unveiled a statue of the lawyer who argued for evolution near a ...