The extraordinary life of an English village's resident gorilla that had its own bedroom, went for walks with schoolchildren and could do its own washing-up has been revealed.

The ape - called John Daniel - played with children, ate roses from gardens and even enjoyed drinking tea and cider.

Photographs of its Gloucestershire life - including being carried around by children in a wheelbarrow - have emerged in a new book.

Villagers in Uley adopted the lowland gorilla after it was captured as a baby in Gabon when its parents were shot by French officers.

Raised as a boy, John had a bedroom, was potty trained and even knew how to make the bed.