Pigeon homes in after US detour

A RACING pigeon who took a wrong turn on his way from France to Liverpool and ended up in New York, yesterday arrived back on British soil.

Billy the pigeon was only due to fly the 425 miles from Calais to his home in Merseyside in the race three weeks ago.

But he took a remarkable 3,000 mile detour and ended up on New Yorker Joseph Ida's terrace among his flock of 100 racing birds.