HUNDREDS of hunt supporters, countryside workers and their families from the region picketed Downing Street yesterday to show their fight against a hunting ban continues.

The picket was the third in a series being held on Cabinet Meeting days until the end of the Parliamentary Session.

It was manned by representatives of all forms of hunting with dogs including the Berkeley Hunt, the Cotswold Hunt, the Vale of the White Horse Hunt and The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt.

Local Alliance spokesperson Will Templer said: "We have travelled up to London to show the Government that we are determined and committed to fighting this unjust law.

"This ban has nothing to do with animal welfare.

"It is a vindictive and prejudiced attack on a minority.

"The Cabinet cannot wash their hands of this."

Children also attended the protest as it is half-term.