A WOMAN arrested as part of Operation Themis, the police's response to the pilot badger cull, has been charged.

Madeline Buckler, 31, of Kings Moss Lane, in Kings Moss, Merseyside was charged with attempting to steal a firearm and using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour.

She has been bailed to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on November 20 2013.

She was arrested on Friday night (October 11) following an incident in Newent on Wednesday (October 9).