Charles the pigeon had the Germans in a flap during the First World War, hiding in piles of laundry or in the bedclothes, and once even disguised ...

I remember Guy Keleny, my predecessor as author of this column, once tried to argue that plethora means a harmful excess of ...

This English country estate offers a close-up look at the cryptographic hardware used to decode Nazi Germany’s encrypted ...

On a lighter note, there are birds to see. The large pond in front of the mansion has swans paddling and flapping about, ...

A TV show is celebrating rehoming its 100th dog and is appealing for aspiring pet owners in the Black Country to take part. Channel 4's The Dog House, now in its seventh season, which captures the ...

No city has as flagrant a disregard for its own culture as London.

This lovely little lady is Muffin who is approximately 2yrs of age, she is black and white, semi-long haired. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Hemel Today, you get 70% fewer ads while ...

At the time, the German occupying forces had ordered all homing pigeons in the Netherlands to be killed to avoid them being used by resistance fighters to deliver messages. Luckily, the exhausted ...

Department of Bioengineering and Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, 3720 15th Avenue NE, Box 355061, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States Seattle Children’s ...

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.

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 ...