George Balanchine once wished that every ballet was named “Swan Lake.” He knew that the romantic fantasy could draw a crowd. And on Saturday night at Proctors, it did. The Russian National Ballet ...

Thugs have smashed a ‘heartbroken’ swan couple’s eggs leaving them without cygnets for a third year in a row. The Mute Swans had been tending the six eggs for two weeks at Lodge Lake in Milton Keynes, ...

Motorists are being urged to drive carefully after more than 150 swans descended on a field that backs on to a country road. David Elston, from Boston in Lincolnshire, has cared for the birds for more ...