Grouse shooting set to be banned on moors that inspired Emily and Charlotte Brontë

19th June 2022 Grouse shooting is set to be banned on the historic moors that inspired the writings of the Brontë sisters, as part of what critics called a “manufactured and damaging” campaign against a long-standing countryside tradition. Yorkshire Water, which owns large tracts of land on Thornton Moor, is reviewing its practice of allowing …