A three-bedroom house is going under the hammer for just £12,000 after a warning that any new owners will have to rid the home of a pigeon infestation ... Network Auctions said it could not ...

One of the UK's biggest events for pigeon fanciers ... will still feature the trade show, pigeon auctions and social events, but show classes for 1,600 pigeons and the show racer competition ...

Mr Sutton, head of the body that governs the sport in the UK, added: "We recognise that ... for the birds - and that they bought the pigeons at auction "to spare the birds further suffering".