HUNDREDS came out to support the Beaufort Hunt’s annual Boxing Day hunt this year.

Thousands of people across the country supported their local hunts across the Christmas period, including at the Badminton Estate for the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt.

Crowds gathered at Worcester Lodge for the annual hunt on Boxing Day to shed the Christmas weight and see the hounds.

Jo Aldridge from the Beaufort Hunt, said: “Despite the ban in 2004 which was described by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair, as one of the measures he most regretted, hunting has shown no lessening of support.”