Prescott: Hunt ban not big issue
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John Prescott says fox-hunting is a "tally ho" issue which has nothing to do with modern Britain.
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Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has denied a front-page report in a major newspaper that he had called US President George Bush &quot;crap&quot; and &quot;a cowboy&quot;.
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Plans to ban hunting are to dominate the last week of parliamentary business before the end of the session.
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The future of hunting with dogs in England and Wales could be determined Wednesday when the Court of Appeal rules whether the legislation used to ban it was valid.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is mulling a crackdown on gun crime that in the last two weeks has seen four people shot dead, including three teenage boys.
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By Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 9--Funding for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, particularly covering the department's expenses without relying solely on hunters and fishermen, is a perennial issue. It has come up again in the form of payment for searches and rescues.
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Pro-hunt groups say sport is more popular than ever despite ban on hunting with dogs
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John Reid says there is no "overwhelming" public demand for a smoking ban in pubs, as some campaigners claim.
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Pro-hunt demonstrations will mark the start of the first hunting season since the Commons voted for a ban.
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But they don&#39;t expect competition to cause violence as it did on Sunday in Wisconsin. Tensions are growing among Iowa hunters, who say they are having more trouble finding places to hunt because more land is being set aside for private use.
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Gun dealers in Maryland and Virginia said yesterday that lifting the 10-year-old federal ban on assault weapons would have little effect on business -- no parties to celebrate the expiration and probably no lines out the door.
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The High Court is due to decide if the government's ban on hunting with hounds is legally sound.
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The House of Commons was poised to ram through a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, against the backdrop of angry protests from thousands of hunt supporters outside parliament.
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Gordon Brown pledges not to put civil liberties at risk over his plans to introduce new anti-terror laws.
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Some world leaders say they will not be pressured into following economic policies prescribed to them.
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An outright ban on fox hunting with dogs in England and Wales appeared inevitable after a majority of over 100 MPs in the House of Commons rejected last-ditch compromises on the blood sport.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government used fast-track rules to begin pushing a bill through the Parliament that will ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.