A master of impalement, this fierce songbird skewers its prey on thorns and barbed wire across Europe and Asia.

08:20, Wed, Feb 18, 2026 Updated: 08:21, Wed, Feb 18, 2026 Anyone who loves feeding birds should be aware that magpies and pigeons often like to guard birdfeeders and drive out smaller critters from ...

Across UK gardens, magpies and pigeons muscle in while robins and sparrows wait on the sidelines. A two-minute winter morning ritual quietly hands power back to the small birds. Every winter, ...

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: It’s not quick, it’s not graceful, but these early nesters are hard at work in preparation for egg-laying in a few weeks Is it too early to whisper the S word? If so, I blame ...

The White House delivered a pointed social media response to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the Olympic men's hockey gold medal match. Team USA men's hockey triumphed over ...

A 45-year-old Central Queensland man pleaded guilty before Toowoomba District Court on February 20 to savagely beating and demeaning his two young relatives over a span of four months while staying at ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Milli Proust is standing in the expansive walled garden of her new home, a Grade II-listed farmhouse set in 58 ...