A Flemish pigeon breeder has sold a prize 'Bolt' pigeon to China for more than 300,000 euros

This year's Gay Pride parade was bigger then ever with 80,000 people enjoying the surprisingly good weather.

The prestigious Queen Elisabeth piano competition reached its critical stage on Saturday with the selection of the 12 finalists.

My first live boat race was in the mid-1980s and the build-up consisted of heading for the Sun Inn in Barnes at the appointed hour, ordering a pint of their splendid Guinness and, in a light drizzle, waiting for Derek’s mate Andy Sproat to arrive from Scotland: he was a fisherman and drove an estate car all the waydown to London, selling his wares to restaurants on the way.

As a child, Jeremy Hackett was abandoned by his mother and given over to a home, where he remained until the age of five when he was taken in by foster parents…

Most of us love nature documentaries, whether on The Discovery Channel or YouTube. We can be gripped by a pack of lions hunting impala, or amazed by a slow-mo of mating butterflies.

In April Cyprus agreed that bondholders, investors and savers with more than €100,000 would incur significant losses in exchange for a €10bn rescue package.

A love triangle soon develops as estefania falls for Amadeu.

Back in the Dark Ages, when the commute to work could be seriously disrupted by a mastodon broken down  on the only road out of town and when such news would only reach you when the carrier pigeon came from your neighbour, people somehow managed to get on together and form relationships.

The decision to separate is never an easy one. Both partners are likely to experience a roller coaster of  emotions