The 'eighth wonder of the world' makes an unlikely appearance in Birmingham, to help locals and tourists get in the festive Commonwealth Games spirit.
The iconic 1933 movie King Kong dubbed the giant gorilla the eighth wonder of the world, and while he's synonymous with New York City, he's been resurrected in the unlikely setting of Birmingham, to celebrate the Commonwealth Games.
So Hawley, who's been dubbed "Mr King Kong", and his team, who are used to building apartments, embarked on recreating the beast. There are also plans to build another replica to tour the world, with Kong's spiritual home New York at the top of the list. And he might even make it to Australia too.King Kong may be one of the quirkier attractions in Birmingham, but Brummies are proud of many other parts of their city.
And it's a manufacturing paradise, nicknamed the "city of 1,000 trades", with the sparkling Jewellery Quarter at the heart of it.It has more than 100 specialist shops, and about 40 per cent of the UK's jewellery is made here.
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