in between spells as a boarding school and a zoo, before falling into a fire-damaged ruin amid several aborted restoration plans in the 21st century. The iconic Derbyshire Dales castle was added ...

Some releases from Riber Zoo were deliberate. Colonies of European quails made new homes in Derbyshire, while a wallaby was set free to join the group already living in the moors. Riber Castle was ...

Staff have been injured and an aardvark and possibly four meerkats killed in a fire at London Zoo. About 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height in the Animal Adventure section that spread ...

Mobile zoos that provide exotic animals for children's parties will require licences to operate in England, the government has said. It comes as the RSPCA told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire ...

Riber Castle dominates the skyline above Matlock in Derbyshire but nobody has lived there since the 1930s. Image source, Riber Castle A zoo operated within the grounds until it closed in 2000.