Prince Harry has sold a pair of handmade hunting rifles as he bids to please animal-loving wife Meghan Markle. A hunter bought a pair of Purdey firearms, thought to be worth around £50,000, in a private deal five months ago, before the couple quit the UK for Canada and later moved to the US, The … Read more
Primitive 300,000-year-old throwing stick discovered in Germany was used by early human ancestors to hunt waterbirds and horses during the Ice Age Homo heidelbergensis used the wooden weapons to hunt waterbirds and horses The stick made out of spruce could reach speeds of nearly 100 feet per second The ancient weapon spun powerfully around a centre … Read more
Upper classes pretend they prefer football to hunting and opera… to avoid being labelled as snobs, new study finds Wealthy elite say they like pop music and football instead of hunting and opera But new research shows such claims are a pretence to appear more ordinary The analysis is by Oxford University and the London … Read more
Body is found in woodland by police hunting boy, 17, who vanished having despaired when his A Level exams were called off amid coronavirus crisis Oliver Strode vanished after learning he may have to rely on mock exam results Surrey Police have confirmed they found a body in Alice Holt Forest today Exams called off … Read more
A former Royal Marines Commando was horrified after discovering three dead tiger cubs in a freezer at an illegal breeding facility in South East Asia. Scottish former soldier Aldo Kane, 42, visits Laos for documentary Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers, which airs tonight at 9pm, as he explores the tiger trade in South East Asia. He is left disgusted … Read more
The Trouble With Maggie Cole (ITV) Rating: Tigers: Hunting The Traffickers (BBC2) Rating: Have you heard the latest? Look, I’m not saying this is true, but I think it probably is… I believe it anyway. You know that one from the boy band, the one who always looked dodgy and apparently has a real drink … Read more
Two rare photo albums depicting the life and work of an unnamed British army officer in India during the first half of the 20th century have emerged for sale. The officer belonged to the Indian Army’s 28th Light Cavalry and there are more than 400 black and white photographs showing military operations, big game hunting, … Read more