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May leads anti-badger cull walk

Queen guitarist Brian May has joined dozens of anti-badger cull protesters on a night walk through one of the controversial pilot areas. The culling in Gloucestershire and Somerset aims to tackle tuberculosis in cattle by killing 5,000 badgers.

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Police arrest anti-cull activist after entering Defra site

This video shows anti-badger cull protester Jay Tiernan being arrested by police at a site belonging to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in Gloucestershire.

Tiernan, who leads the activist group Stop The Cull, identified himself to ITV News correspondent Rupert Evelyn before climbing over the fence into the compound.

When three police cars and a helicopter arrived at the scene he tried to escape but was quickly arrested.

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