Forget super-rich baddies who seek to destroy the world with a death ray. Boring! Money is losing its cache and even failing to recycle properly leads to accusations of destroying the world, says Clive James.

Edinburgh Zoo becomes home to a special breed of endangered turkey from central and southern America.

From "clunking fist" to "clucking fist" - the Sunday papers prove yet again that a week is a long time in politics as they accuse Mr Brown of playing chicken over an election

A Salford woman is being told to she must re-house her pet chicken after noise complaints from neighbours.

Elyse Mercer is no farmer but she is one of a growing number of people who keeps hens in the back garden.

Sounds of war echo through the rural landscape on the Israel-Lebanon border, reports the BBC's Nick Thorpe.

An Ivorian DJ invents the bird flu dance to try to persuade them to eat more chicken and calm their fears about the epidemic.

Are firms more wacky in their selection process, or are people so keen to get a job they will do whatever it takes?

Robbo on the Champions League draw and the Ashes

Bringing medieval jesting to Warwick Castle is not a job for the fainthearted - but the man doing it says it beats life in an office.

In what media watchers are calling a first for North Korea, state radio in Pyongyang has turned to the medium of the comic sketch to mock two of the leading figures in the US administration.

BBC Sport's Cornelius Lysaght meets the team behind Best Mate ahead of his bid for a fourth Gold Cup win.

Our weekend look at people in the news includes Sharon Osbourne, Pete Doherty, Annetta Flanigan, Sarah Jessica Parker and Terry Melcher

Farm tourism is booming, and policy makers hope it could revive the counryside - but not everyone is convinced.

A diner just for cats and their owners opens in Manhattan - dogs are not invited.

Urban dwellers across the land are being encouraged to get in touch with nature by keeping hens in their back gardens. But what do the chickens think about it?

Huw Edwards returns in a one-off special of The Exchange on BBC1 Wales to look at the drugs crisis.

A look back at how Wales' secured a Euro 2004 play-off place against Russia.

The BBC's Charles Haviland receives a warm welcome as he meets representatives of India's 70 million tribal peoples.

Villagers want to quieten a flock of wild chickens which they say keep them awake in the early hours of the morning.