Environment minister Emma Hardy announced that shots containing more than 1% lead will be banned, alongside bullets with lead content exceeding 3%
Read moreAs wildfowling and shooting interests comply with voluntary and statutory restraints, wildfowlers report birds in good condition, despite the cold.
<strong>Guides confirm record numbers of pink-footed geese as birds escape snow-covered fields in the north of Scotland</strong>
<strong>Julian Assange's bail conditions are not as onerous as you may think</strong>
Police arrested a 33-year-old man from Kazakhstan earlier this month, after reports of a group of fishermen firing a shotgun into Twenty Foot Drain, a manmade channel near March, in Cambridgeshire.
<strong>Estates look forward to an exciting 2011 as English and Scottish grouse moors report record-breaking numbers</strong>