Tributes are left at woodland spot where police hunting for missing Louise Smith, 16, found body

Mourners have been laying flowers at the site where a body was discovered in Hampshire during the search for missing 16-year-old Louise Smith. Police are investigating her disappearance today as they search a flat belonging to a married couple where Louise had been living.  Forensic officers have been sifting through the first floor property belonging … Read more

Police hunting missing 16-year-old Louise Smith find a body

Police have found a body in a woodland area in the search for 16-year-old Louise Smith who has been missing since VE Day. The teenager, who has been missing from her home in the Leigh Park area of Havant, Hampshire, for nearly two weeks, was last seen on May 8.  A Hampshire Police spokesman said … Read more

Prince Harry sells £50,000 hunting rifles as Dr Jane Goodall says ‘Meghan doesn’t like hunting’

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

300,000-year-old hunting sticks found in Germany

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, new study finds

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

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS TV reviews: The Trouble With Maggie Cole and Tigers: Hunting The Traffickers 

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

Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers: Former marine horrified after finding three cubs in freezer

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

Rare photos of British army officer in India, playing polo and big game hunting, go up for sale

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