This zoo visit has got my name on it

A LITTLE girl who shares her name with giant panda Tian Tian was brought face to face with the bear after offering to keep her company by speaking Chinese.

Tian Tian Brunton, seven, whose mother is from China and father is from Scotland, was so excited to hear the female panda was coming to Edinburgh Zoo that she wrote a letter describing the things they share in common.

Yesterday, the schoolgirl, from Peebles in the Borders, finally got to meet the other Tian Tian in a special visit to the zoo where she was joined by Culture and External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop.