A pair of shears, a couple of sheep, and a steady hand are what it takes to place seventh in the world championships of sheep shearing, and Doug Rathke did just that. This is nothing new to ...

A shearer from south west Scotland has tackled more that 2,000 sheep in a 50-hour endurance challenge. Grant Hurcomb was raising funds for Cancer Research UK and MND Scotland. He had previously ...

And the 5,000 sheep on site will no doubt appreciate a haircut, with temperatures expected to peak at 34 degrees Celsius over the coming days in Le Dorat Sheep shearing experts flocked to a small ...