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Price comparison website Compare the Market says it will not run adverts featuring its fuzzy mascot Aleksandr Orlov during news programmes amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has ...

Compare The Market's popular advertising campaign has sparked a sharp increase in meerkat adoptions, according to a zoo. TV viewers have seen Russian meerkat Aleksandr Orlov complaining about computer ...

Market Drayton has lost out to "Meerkat Harborough" in the race to be twinned with the home village of the famous meerkat character who fronts television adverts. Market Drayton has lost out to ...