THE latest arrivals at one North Yorkshire attraction have got young visitors hopping with joy.

For brother and sister Maxie and Maxine are real Easter bunnies who couldn't have appeared at a better time.

Yesterday, they won the hearts of young visitors, including nine-year-old Amy Williams, from Thirsk.

The pair are rare lionhead rabbits, so called because their shaggy, maned heads give them a distinct lion-like look.

And the youngsters have quickly become the stars of the show in the pets corner area of the Falconry UK bird of prey centre, at Sion Hill Hall, near Thirsk