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52-year-old bird is Britain's oldest Ornithologists have found a 52-year-old Manx shearwater which they say is Britain's oldest known bird. They believe the bird, found on Bardsey Island off the Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales, will have flown about five million miles in its lifetime. It was first ringed in May 1957 when it was about six years old. The British Trust for Ornithology say it's a record breaker, reports The Times. It has flown at least 500,000 miles during winter migrations to South America. Add to that its 600-mile feeding flights and experts believe it has already flown more than...

Britain's demand for SA workers on the rise April 11 2003 at 08:55PM By Megan Power and Veven Bisetty Hard-working South Africans are in increasing demand in Britain and labour laws are being changed to make it easier to enter the job market in the United Kingdom. The British government plans to introduce changes to the Working Holidaymakers Scheme, under which young Commonwealth citizens, aged 30 years and younger, can work in the UK for up to two years. In the future, working holidaymakers will be able to take up work in any sector, move freely between employers, and switch...

Britain's oldest bird is still going strong Britain's oldest wild bird has reached the age of 50 and is thought to have flown five million miles. Records from the national bird ringing scheme show the Manx shearwater has been flying between the British Isles and South America for half a century. The seabird was discovered in a colony on the island of Bardsey which lies off the Lleyn peninsula in north Wales. The bird has been ringed four times, in 1957, 1961, 1977 and earlier this month. It was thought to be around five years old when ringed for the...