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.  Today the teenager, who vanished on May 8, was described by family friends as a ‘charming young girl who had her whole life ahead of her’.  Devastated members of the community said … 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

Britain’s elite 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