Chimpanzee born at Chester zoo offers ‘real hope’ for world’s rarest subspecies

Baby western chimpanzee, of which there are said to be only 18,000 left across Africa, will be named after rock or pop star

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of the world's rarest chimpanzee" at a UK zoo.

Chester zoo has welcomed the arrival of the male critically endangered western or west African chimpanzee, which was delivered after an eight-month pregnancy.