A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been unveiled at a museum. Tommy, a pigeon from Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria, was given the Dickin Medal in ...

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 ...

Roodhouse explained, “Pigeon fancying in the UK was a huge working-class pastime all over the country. People would raise homing pigeons to race them—they’d have a pigeon loft, train the ...