The beaver nicknamed Steve for his great escapes

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Steve the Beaver became so adept at absconding from his "secure" enclosure that he was named after a star of The Great Escape. While sightings of him on his apparent hunt for a Mrs Steve captured many hearts, the regularity of beaver breakouts has led people to question why it took so long to allow wild releases of these once-extinct animals in England. Jo Lonsdale, from the BBC's North East and Cumbria Investigations team, has more. (Image: Paul Harris)