A JUDGE has told a Northumberland hunt master to consider himself “fortunate” after he was cleared of a firearms offence. Frank Houghton-Brown, joint master of the Tynedale Hunt, found himself in trouble with police during a cross-country vermin-shooting expedition. Officers found the weapon when they broke into his car in York, following a call from …
‘Fox in a box’ rumours quashed by hunt
North Shropshire joint-master Andy Wheals has silenced rumours concerning why hunting was cut short at the pack's opening meet. Hunting was abandoned on Saturday, 30 October shortly after 1pm. Since then, rumours have circulated that saboteurs produced a "fox in a box" to try to catch the hunt out. One member of the field wrote …