Redbridge Council has apologised for holding an event to encourage children to read during which an actor dressed in a bare-bottomed monkey costume with a fake penis.
Members of the Mandiga Arts Group performed at Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge event at Goodmayes Library at the weekend. Here is a photo of the monkey in question
Local Conservative councillors have vociferously complained about the event and the local council have said that they won’t be using the M