Noisy jackdaws known for suddenly taking flight in their thousands only do so after calling out to each other louder and louder in a type of bird democracy, according to a study.

A local councillor is resigning because people keep accusing him of being the famed street artist Banksy.

A child actor who starred in the blockbuster 1975 film Jaws has become a police chief on the island where it was filmed.

Parasitic worms have been sucked into the gender bias row after a report claimed the naming of the creatures was sexist.

Supermarkets, cars and lifts are just some of the unusual birth places reported for babies who have made speedy entrances into the world.