Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are ...

A military medal, which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War, has been sold at auction and will return to his local area. Tommy the ...

Like many sports, pigeon racing has made huge advances in recent years, and some aspects have become very technical. Most events now use Electronic Timing System (ETS), which involves a band with a ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000. Tommy, from Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, was blown off course and ...

Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not ...