The UK’s only baby brow-antlered deer is being hand-reared at Chester Zoo, after she was rejected by her mum.
The tiny arrival, who weighed just 3.7kg when she was born, is going from strength-to-strength thanks to her keeper giving her four bottles a day.
Brow-antlered deers are classed by conservationists as endangered meaning Zeyar’s arrival is great news for the future of her species.
Keepers at Chester Zoo have stepped in to raise a young antelope dik-dik after it was rejected by its mother.
Aluna the Kirk's dik-dik antelope was born two weeks ago but was unable to bond with her mother.
It is the second time keepers ta the zoo have had to hand-rear a young dik-dik after a female new born was rejected in 2010 - possibly due to cold weather.
The species is native to Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia and arrived at the zoo in 2008.
The youngster will be bottle fed milk five times a day until it can eat on its own.
Eleven contenders, including Chester, have put their names forward to become the next UK City of Culture in 2017.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey announced the bids which include Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, Hastings and Bexhill on Sea, Hull, Leicester, Plymouth, Southend on Sea and a joint application from Portsmouth and Southampton.
There are also applications from East Kent - which covers Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Thanet - and Swansea Bay, which includes Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Neath and Port Talbot.
Mr Vaizey said: "This is fantastic news and shows the appetite for the prestigious City of Culture title is in healthy supply right across the length and breadth of the country.
"The competition brings together communities and creates economic and social benefits. I wish all 11 the best of luck."
Chester is one of eleven places from across the country that are making a bid to become the UK City of Culture in 2017.
Read the full storyDetectives investigating an assault on a man from Chester have released CCTV footage of the attack.
Alex Kosuth-Phillips was out in the Selly Oak area of Birmingham celebrating his 23rd birthday when he was punched.
The blow broke his jaw in two places and he couldn't eat solid food for three months.
He now has a metal plate holding the bones together.
It happened on February 25 last year. Police have released the footage in the hope of tracking down the attacker.
Detective Constable Louise Corcoran, from West Midlands Police, said: “This was a serious unprovoked assault which left an innocent man knocked out cold and requiring surgery.
“The offender walked into the shop and made an offensive comment to him before hitting him in the face.
“It’s had a lasting effect on the victim, who has been left physically and emotionally scarred by the assault.
“We need to catch the person responsible and ensure justice is done.”
Anyone with information should call Force CID 0345 113 5000 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Chester Zoo says its in the midst of a baby boom after seven baby animal were born there in the past two months.
This baby elephant is the latest addition to the zoo, following the birth of a baby rhino, baby Sumatran orangutan, baby Rothschild giraffe, baby okapi and two baby giant otters.
All the animals have been born within the last couple of months making it the biggest baby animal boom in the zoo's 80-year history.
The 26.2 mile race round Chester starts at 9am today, with around 2500 runners due to take part. It is the third year the event has been held.
The marathon begins at Chester Racecourse and heads towards the town centre, passing key landmarks including the Cathedral, Eastgate Clock and the Amphitheatre, before looping round through the Cheshire and North Wales countryside and then finishing back in Chester in front of the Town Hall.
Workers in Broughton near Chester are celebrating after Airbus secure a £4.5 billion deal to sell planes to Phillipine Airlines.
More than 5,000 people work at the site which will make the aircraft's wings.
A multi-billion pound deal for Airbus, which makes wings for its aircraft at its factory at Broughton near Chester has just been announced.
Philippines Airlines is to buy fifty four of the company's planes in a deal worth £4.5billion.
Airbus employs more than 5,000 people at its Broughton site. It's thought the deal will significantly increase job security for the workforce.
