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Each April and May, house martins return from Africa to spend the summer in the UK.

They catch flying insects on the wing and build cup-shaped nests with mud under the eaves of houses and other buildings.

The birds often form colonies with…

Homeowners, schools and businesses are being offered the chance to install artificial nests to help reverse the decline in house martin numbers.

The distinctive dark blue and white birds, which migrate from Africa each spring, are on the UK’s Red…

A teenager who watched her younger sister go through chemotherapy and lose her hair has donated her own locks to help others.

Ellie, 13, from Redditch, loved having long hair but wanted to do something to help other children, so she cut hers for…

In a BBC recording from the 1980s, before his death in 1997, Carl recalled how he first got his hands on a recorder when he was given it by his father while boarding a train – before promptly leaving it on the platform.

He said: “My father said if…

Canapes, crackers, Christmas playlists, flowing drinks, and a ripe brie cosying up to a firm gruyere on a cheeseboard surrounded by grapes and fresh figs: there is no better time of year to host guests, feast and be merry.