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Farmers “rush to shoot beavers” before they are granted protected status

FARMERS are rushing to shoot as many beavers as possible before a new protection order comes into place, it has been claimed. The Scottish government...

Glorious 12th set to be delayed

THE Glorious Twelfth is to be postponed after a freezing spring killed off scores of grouse chicks. Red Grouse shooting usually gets underway in Scotland...

Police investigate threat of Oregon-style massacre at Edinburgh University

AN ANONYMOUS online troll threatened a copycat shooting at Edinburgh University today following the Oregon college shooting which claimed 10 lives. On Thursday morning a...

Thousands of birds poisoned as hunters flout laws on lead shot

THOUSANDS of birds are being slowly poisoned to death because most hunters ignore laws banning lead shot. Hunters going after pheasant and grouse in wetland...

Anger as teen shooter has sentence put off to see “how he copes with exams”

A PRIVATE schoolboy who shot at young children with a BB gun has had his sentence deferred to see how he copes with the...

Gun attack sparks rush-hour mayhem

A GUN attack at a house sparked the closure of one of Scotland’s busiest roads, police have revealed. Police closed both lanes of the A8...

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