H&H news editor Eleanor Jones recaps this year’s big stories, and assesses what lies ahead in 2026

Betting taxes, business rates and minimum wage changes will all have an effect on the horse world

World Horse Welfare explains why looking through our horses’ eyes is the key to giving them good lives

Let’s start with the numbers. There are about 13.5 million tame wolves (we call them pet dogs), 12.5 million cats, one million rabbits, 700,000 tortoises and turtles, 700,000 guinea pigs, 600,000 hams

Going hunting without your own hunter is an increasingly popular choice for a range of reasons, finds Lucy Higginson

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee