Paul Harris. Sheep farmers are hit by an explosion in fox numbers because of the foot and mouth movement restrictions.

Anne Perkins, political correspondent. Clarifications from the rural affairs minister, Alun Michael, about what the consultation period is to achieve.

Patrick Wintour. Clips from speeches in Lords.

Cristina Odone. Why the Stephen Byers-for-fox trade shouldn't be done.

Anne Perkins and Patrick Wintour. Alun Michael claims he doesn't want a bill representing the views of one interest group, but a practical and effective piece of legislation.

A series of public hearings on the future of foxhunting, likely in September, are announced by Rural Affairs minister Alun Michael.

David Hencke, Westminster correspondent. Reports of attacks on constituency offices of four Labour MPs in the North of England by members of the Real Countryside Alliance.

Tania Branigan. Douglas Batchelor of LACS is upset that Camilla Parker Bowles hopes to march with her friends in the Countryside Alliance March in London next month.

Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith signals he would overturn a ban on foxhunting if he became prime minister.

Beacons start a week of protests by countryside campaigners.

W.F. Deedes. A fox chased by hounds and, if caught, suffering instant death is unacceptable because the fox is being pursued by the wrong sort of people. A fox flushed from its cover by dogs, shot at, perhaps wounded and suffering a lingering death is acceptable because the execu…

Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. FMD was the turning point: almost a year since the last of 2,030 outbreaks of foot and mouth was recorded, little appears to have been done to address the most likely cause of the epidemic. Only two sniffer dogs and a poster campaign have been…

Paul Harris. The Urban Alliance with the support of Class War is circulating a property hit list in an attempt to disrupt the Countryside Alliance March. ALF is also thought to be involved.…

Mr Bishop, who farms in Herefordshire, said he had been receiving the same prices for some of his produce as he did in the 1970s, while supermarkets sold them at five to seven times the farm gate price. Australia.…

"When they say they have not got enough time to sort out the problems of health, education and crime they say we have enough time to say to the countryside we dislike you so much we want to stop even your pastimes let alone your businesses."…

…ural issues for the government to force through a ban on foxhunting even if the House of Lords rejects it.…

The reactions of all sides to the Queen's Speech: the League Against Cruel Sports, the Countryside Alliance and the Middle Way Group.

Aidan Harrison. Why any Bill published with a title along the lines of "The Protection of Wild Mammals..." will be a lie.

"Most people want to see cruelty prevented. They also want farmers, gamekeepers and others who have to manage the land to be able to do so."

Nick Speed political editor. Plaid Cymru, meanwhile, was fuming at Mr Michael's response to its inquiries into whether there would be a separate registrar and tribunal for Wales when the minister answered it would be "a national body covering England and Wales." Ca…