It might sound silly to suggest a form of “the pill’’ for animals, or some other means of contraception to keep ou burgeoning deer population down. Not all that fanciful, however.

The curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth" after 146 years, as Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus lowers its big top for good.

Divers searched the icy waters of the Gulf of St Lawrence for a missing seal hunter today after recovering the bodies of three other hunters from a fishing boat that capsized as it was being towed by a coast guard ship.