Birds are slept on as pets. Everyone wants a cat or a dog. Kids beg their parents for hamsters all the time. You know what you never hear? "Mommy, can I pretty please get an Indian Ringneck Parakeet?" ...

Singer, Jude York, was singing in his kitchen when his mom decided to join in and make magic. As a former opera singer, Jude got his talent from her and loves to sing with her when home in Australia.

Janet Cowley, a Hartlepool-born opera singer, is shortly to return ‘home’ to sing in a production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ at ...