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.

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 ...

A flying monkey with a taste for rum is to have a permanent memorial in an Irish town. Tojo dropped in to the County Cork seaside town of Clonakilty during the Second World War when a US bomber ...