“a plane had come down but i had no idea of the scale of the disaster…”

To the casual observer, Labradoodle Alfred seems just like any ordinary pet dog playing in the garden with his owner. But look more closely and you’ll see that the four-year-old crossbreed is actually

A Blencathra bitch is champion for the third year running, and there’s emotion round the ring when a Cumbria beagle takes the supreme

Former point-to-point jockey Rhona Elliot on her trajectory from hiding away her MS to founding a racing syndicate to raise funds

When I lost my soulmate I turned to my furry friend

We’d only had our mischievous mutt for three days, but she was already making a splash.

Presenter and author Clare Balding, 54, lives in London with her wife