RM2G8F4A0–An early 1800's engraving of a British stag hunt. Dating back centuries, deer were hunted for meat and their skins. Considered by some to be a sport or pastime, this type of hunting is currently illegal in the UK under the Hunting Act 2004.The vast majority of deer hunted in the UK are stalked, though traditionally chasing deer was by using packs of hounds,
RMG92TY6–Members of the Atherstone hunt leave Market Bosworth main square in Leicestershire, Monday December 26, 2005. Hunts all over the country met today on the first Boxing Day since the Hunting Act came into force. The Countryside Alliance said hundreds of thousands of people would be supporting their local hunts as a new poll showed only a third of people think the new legislation is working. See PA story SOCIAL Hunting. PRESS ASSOCIATION photo. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA.
RFJWHC0M–London, UK. 12th Aug, 2017. The Badger Trust, the Make Hunting History coalition and Care2 hold a joint protest march to Downing Street to call on the Conservative government to bring an immediate end to the badger cull policy and to strengthen rather than seek to repeal the Hunting Act. Penelope Barritt/Alamy Live News
RMAN8H8P–A Countryside Alliance supporter holding a handbill to scrap the Fox Hunting Act during a hunt.
RMDNFWBK–Girl on horse before Heythrop Hunt Boxing Day Meet 2013
RMRXM9R6–Protest march to demonstrate against the lack of enforcement of the fox hunting ban in the UK. Protesters believe that fox hunting still takes place
RM2JG17K6–London, UK. 6th July 2022. Activists gathered in protest against fox hunting and called for the Hunting Act to be strengthened outside Southwark Crown Court on the first day of Mark Hankinson's appeal hearing. Hankinson, a disgraced former director of the Hunting Office and huntsman, was found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to use 'trail hunting' as a cover for illegally chasing and killing foxes.
RM2EC6551–Tiverton Staghounds October 30th 1982. Here the dead stag has a close encounter with a hound whilst hunt supporters, including a young child, gather round. This was long before the Hunting Act 2004 that banned this pastime on grounds of cruelty.
RM2GDMRC5–The Festival of Hunting, the largest one-day gathering of hounds, for a hound show, in the country at Peterborough Showground
RM2W9ANBR–Essex, UK. 26th Dec, 2023. Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it's annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Credit: MARTIN DALTON/Alamy Live News
RMKTNGW5–Thornbury, UK. 26th Dec, 2017. The Berkely fox hunt meet and canter through the High Street in Thornbury for the annual boxing Day hunt. Many people turn out to see the spectacle which draws visitors from all over the area and Bristol. Credit: Mr Standfast / Alamy Live News
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RMD5HFYF–Wild Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) in flight, concentrated on hunting.
RMEXKW4M–14th July 2015. Brian May at a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act,
RF2G9KHT0–Close up of one lemon and white, Old English Foxhound facing forward and standing next to the Hunt master dressed in traditional clothes. Space for c
RMRA66EF–Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. 01st January 2019. The Morpeth Hunt which dates from 1818 assembles for their first outing of the year. Credit: Joseph Gaul/Alamy Live News
RM2D9AJMB–Berlin, Germany. 04th Nov, 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) attends the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in the Federal Chancellery. Topics of the meeting will include an amendment to the Federal Hunting Act and a bill to mobilise building land. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa pool/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMD3Y6D6–Lehnitz, Germany, hunter and dog on a hunting
RMFKJ77H–foxhound hunting
RMG92TY9–Members of the Atherstone hunt leave Market Bosworth main square in Leicestershire, Monday December 26, 2005. Hunts all over the country met today on the first Boxing Day since the Hunting Act came into force. The Countryside Alliance said hundreds of thousands of people would be supporting their local hunts as a new poll showed only a third of people think the new legislation is working. See PA story SOCIAL Hunting. PRESS ASSOCIATION photo. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA.
RFJWHC0G–London, UK. 12th Aug, 2017. The Badger Trust, the Make Hunting History coalition and Care2 hold a joint protest march to Downing Street to call on the Conservative government to bring an immediate end to the badger cull policy and to strengthen rather than seek to repeal the Hunting Act. Penelope Barritt/Alamy Live News
RMEXJ2FK–London, UK. 14th July 2015. Brian May speaks at a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act, outside the Houses of Parliament in London. On Wednesday, MPÕs will take a free vote on an amendment to the Hunting Act, removing the limit on the number of dogs allowed to flush out foxes and wild animals. Protesters claim that if passed, the amendment would effectively make make fox hunting legal again. Credit: London pix/Alamy Live News
RMED40JA–Hunters on horses laughing at a joke Annual Boxing Day meet of the Meynell and South Staffs Hunt at Blethfield Hall, Staffordshire. Credit: roger askew/Alamy Live News
RMRY7XKB–Protest march to demonstrate against the lack of enforcement of the fox hunting ban in the UK. Protesters believe that fox hunting still takes place
RM2E8XK41–A Portrait of John Peel (circa 1776 -1854) , of the popular folk hunting song fame. He was a farmer and fox hunter who became famous through a song created in his name ( 'D'ye ken John Peel') - 'ken' meaning ' 'to know' in northern England and Scotland. It was written or adapted by his friend John Woodcock Graves (1795–1886) in celebration of his friend John Woodcock Graves (1776–1854 during John Peel's lifetime. Several versions are known. It is regarded by some as the unofficial anthem of Cumberland despite fox hunting now being a controversial subject in Britain.
RM2JG8WBR–London, UK. 8th July 2022. Activists gathered outside Southwark Crown Court in protest against fox hunting and called for the Hunting Act to be strengthened on the third day of Mark Hankinson's appeal hearing. Hankinson, a disgraced former director of the Hunting Office and huntsman, was found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to use 'trail hunting' as a cover for illegally chasing and killing foxes. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News
RM2EBC0B3–Devon and Somerset Staghounds November 17th 1981. Red deer hinds were hunted when pregnant. They often ran from the hounds in company with their calf from the previous year. This day a hind and her yearling calf were hunted together and both were killed. This was long before the Hunting Act 2004 that banned this pastime on grounds of cruelty.
RM2GDMT2R–The Festival of Hunting, the largest one-day gathering of hounds, for a hound show, in the country at Peterborough Showground
RM2W9ANH9–Essex, UK. 26th Dec, 2023. Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it's annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Credit: MARTIN DALTON/Alamy Live News
RMKTNGW9–Thornbury, UK. 26th Dec, 2017. The Berkely fox hunt meet and canter through the High Street in Thornbury for the annual boxing Day hunt. Many people turn out to see the spectacle which draws visitors from all over the area and Bristol. Credit: Mr Standfast / Alamy Live News
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RMBRJF1C–Wild Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) in flight, concentrated on hunting.
RMEXKW52–14th July 2015. Brian May at a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act,
RM2W9ANH8–Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it s annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Matching Green Essex UK Copyright: xMartinxDaltonx Essex Hunt 261223 MD 183
RMRA66EC–Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. 01st January 2019. The Morpeth Hunt which dates from 1818 assembles for their first outing of the year. Credit: Joseph Gaul/Alamy Live News
RM2D9BPHR–Berlin, Germany. 04th Nov, 2020. Heiko Maas (SPD), Foreign Minister, attends the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in the Federal Chancellery. Topics of the meeting will include an amendment to the Federal Hunting Act and a bill to mobilize building land. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa Pool/dpa/Alamy Live News
RF2K2BKXK–Conceptual caption Job Searching. Concept meaning The act of looking for employment Job seeking or job hunting Drawing Of Both Hands Holding Tablet Lightly Presenting Wonderful Ideas
RMBAKB4H–foxhounds waiting to go hunting
RMG92W7E–Members of the Atherstone hunt leave Market Bosworth main square in Leicestershire, Monday December 26, 2005. Hunts all over the country met today on the first Boxing Day since the Hunting Act came into force. The Countryside Alliance said hundreds of thousands of people would be supporting their local hunts as a new poll showed only a third of people think the new legislation is working. See PA story SOCIAL Hunting. PRESS ASSOCIATION photo. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA.
RFJWHC04–London, UK. 12th Aug, 2017. The Badger Trust, the Make Hunting History coalition and Care2 hold a joint protest march to Downing Street to call on the Conservative government to bring an immediate end to the badger cull policy and to strengthen rather than seek to repeal the Hunting Act. Penelope Barritt/Alamy Live News
RMEXJ3P2–London, UK. 14th July 2015. Demonstrators take part in a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act, outside the Houses of Parliament in London. On Wednesday, MPÕs will take a free vote on an amendment to the Hunting Act, removing the limit on the number of dogs allowed to flush out foxes and wild animals. Protesters claim that if passed, the amendment would effectively make make fox hunting legal again. Credit: London pix/Alamy Live News
RMRY7XJ6–Protest march to demonstrate against the lack of enforcement of the fox hunting ban in the UK. Protesters believe that fox hunting still takes place
RM2DN215X–Recto, above left: Deer attacked by a Lynx; above right: Cloelia and her Companions escape Porsena's Camp; below right: Women Hunting; below left: Deer Hunt, with a Stag hiding its Scent. Verso: Two Busts of Women in Architectural Settings, preliminary designs for the Seven Virtues print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on two joined sheets of laid paper, Recto, upper left: Forest scene, with stags feeding. A lynx is in the act of jumping from a tree to the back of one of the stags. Inscription in Dutch below framing line
RM2JG8WGW–London, UK. 8th July 2022. Activists gathered outside Southwark Crown Court in protest against fox hunting and called for the Hunting Act to be strengthened on the third day of Mark Hankinson's appeal hearing. Hankinson, a disgraced former director of the Hunting Office and huntsman, was found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to use 'trail hunting' as a cover for illegally chasing and killing foxes. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News
RM2EB88EM–Devon and Somerset Staghounds August 22nd 1981. Exhausted stag is cornered in a small pool by the hounds. The stag was killed soon after. He was dragged out onto the bank and shot with a pistol. This was taken long before the Hunting Act 2004 that banned this pastime on grounds of cruelty.
RM2GDMX6P–The Festival of Hunting, the largest one-day gathering of hounds, for a hound show, in the country at Peterborough Showground
RM2W9ANEE–Essex, UK. 26th Dec, 2023. Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it's annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Credit: MARTIN DALTON/Alamy Live News
RMKTNGW7–Thornbury, UK. 26th Dec, 2017. The Berkely fox hunt meet and canter through the High Street in Thornbury for the annual boxing Day hunt. Many people turn out to see the spectacle which draws visitors from all over the area and Bristol. Credit: Mr Standfast / Alamy Live News
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RMD6MEF6–Wild Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) has landed to snow to caught a prey.
RMEXKWT7–14th July 2015. Brian May at a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act,
RM2W9ANC0–Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it s annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Matching Green Essex UK Copyright: xMartinxDaltonx Essex Hunt 261223 MD 091
RMRA66EJ–Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. 01st January 2019. The Morpeth Hunt which dates from 1818 assembles for their first outing of the year. Credit: Joseph Gaul/Alamy Live News
RM2D9BPHM–Berlin, Germany. 04th Nov, 2020. Heiko Maas (SPD), Foreign Minister, attends the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in the Federal Chancellery. Topics of the meeting will include an amendment to the Federal Hunting Act and a bill to mobilize building land. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa Pool/dpa/Alamy Live News
RF2K2EXTM–Hand writing sign Job Searching. Conceptual photo The act of looking for employment Job seeking or job hunting Keyboard Over A Table Beside A Notebook And Pens With Sticky Notes
RM2B27G6R–foxhound hunting
RMG92TY8–Members of the Atherstone hunt leave Market Bosworth main square in Leicestershire, Monday December 26, 2005. Hunts all over the country met today on the first Boxing Day since the Hunting Act came into force. The Countryside Alliance said hundreds of thousands of people would be supporting their local hunts as a new poll showed only a third of people think the new legislation is working. See PA story SOCIAL Hunting. PRESS ASSOCIATION photo. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA.
RFJWHC03–London, UK. 12th Aug, 2017. The Badger Trust, the Make Hunting History coalition and Care2 hold a joint protest march to Downing Street to call on the Conservative government to bring an immediate end to the badger cull policy and to strengthen rather than seek to repeal the Hunting Act. Penelope Barritt/Alamy Live News
RMEXJ50P–London, UK. 14th July 2015. Demonstrators take part in a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act, outside the Houses of Parliament in London. On Wednesday, MPÕs will take a free vote on an amendment to the Hunting Act, removing the limit on the number of dogs allowed to flush out foxes and wild animals. Protesters claim that if passed, the amendment would effectively make make fox hunting legal again. Credit: London pix/Alamy Live News
RMRY7XJ8–Protest march to demonstrate against the lack of enforcement of the fox hunting ban in the UK. Protesters believe that fox hunting still takes place
RMJF7JKP–Protest march against to Downing Street to oppose Theresa May's commitment to hold a free vote on the repeal of the Hunting Act. Featuring: Atmosphere, View Where: London, England, United Kingdom When: 29 May 2017 Credit: Wheatley/WENN
RM2JG8WC8–London, UK. 8th July 2022. Activists gathered outside Southwark Crown Court in protest against fox hunting and called for the Hunting Act to be strengthened on the third day of Mark Hankinson's appeal hearing. Hankinson, a disgraced former director of the Hunting Office and huntsman, was found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to use 'trail hunting' as a cover for illegally chasing and killing foxes. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News
RM2EC6B87–Tiverton Staghounds February 26th 1983. The tiring stag flees from hounds. This was long before the Hunting Act 2004 that banned this pastime on grounds of cruelty.
RM2GDMW8H–The Festival of Hunting, the largest one-day gathering of hounds, for a hound show, in the country at Peterborough Showground
RM2W9ANEM–Essex, UK. 26th Dec, 2023. Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it's annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Credit: MARTIN DALTON/Alamy Live News
RMKTNGW8–Thornbury, UK. 26th Dec, 2017. The Berkely fox hunt meet and canter through the High Street in Thornbury for the annual boxing Day hunt. Many people turn out to see the spectacle which draws visitors from all over the area and Bristol. Credit: Mr Standfast / Alamy Live News
RMEXKWRP–14th July 2015. Brian May at a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act,
RM2W9ANJ5–Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it s annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Matching Green Essex UK Copyright: xMartinxDaltonx Essex Hunt 261223 MD 298
RMRA66D6–Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. 01st January 2019. The Morpeth Hunt which dates from 1818 assembles for their first outing of the year. Credit: Joseph Gaul/Alamy Live News
RM2D9AHB5–Berlin, Germany. 04th Nov, 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in the Federal Chancellery with a mouth-nose cover. Topics of the meeting are, among others, an amendment to the Federal Hunting Act and a bill for the mobilisation of building land. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa pool/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMJ8N1WT–London, UK. 29th May, 2017. Demonstrators stage an 'Anti-Hunting March' in central London, marching from Cavendish Square to outside Downing Street. Protesters are demanding that the ban on fox hunting remains, contrary to reported comments by Theresa May, Prime Minister, that the 2004 Hunting Act could be repealed after the General Election. Credit: Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News
RMBG0GME–fox hunting, LAMERTON FOXHOUNDs
RMG92WEB–Members of the Moy Hunt gather in the County Tyrone village. Hunts all over the country met today on the first Boxing Day since the Hunting Act came into force. The Countryside Alliance said many people will be supporting their local hunts as a new poll showed only a third of people think the new legislation is working.
RFJWHC09–London, UK. 12th Aug, 2017. The Badger Trust, the Make Hunting History coalition and Care2 hold a joint protest march to Downing Street to call on the Conservative government to bring an immediate end to the badger cull policy and to strengthen rather than seek to repeal the Hunting Act. Penelope Barritt/Alamy Live News
RMEXJ3RE–London, UK. 14th July 2015. Demonstrators take part in a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act, outside the Houses of Parliament in London. On Wednesday, MPÕs will take a free vote on an amendment to the Hunting Act, removing the limit on the number of dogs allowed to flush out foxes and wild animals. Protesters claim that if passed, the amendment would effectively make make fox hunting legal again. Credit: London pix/Alamy Live News
RMRY7XK7–Protest march to demonstrate against the lack of enforcement of the fox hunting ban in the UK Protesters demonstrate against Canada Goose as they pass
RMJF7JM8–Protest march against to Downing Street to oppose Theresa May's commitment to hold a free vote on the repeal of the Hunting Act. Featuring: Atmosphere, View Where: London, England, United Kingdom When: 29 May 2017 Credit: Wheatley/WENN
RM2JG89PR–London, UK. 8th July 2022. Activists gathered outside Southwark Crown Court in protest against fox hunting and called for the Hunting Act to be strengthened on the third day of Mark Hankinson's appeal hearing. Hankinson, a disgraced former director of the Hunting Office and huntsman, was found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to use 'trail hunting' as a cover for illegally chasing and killing foxes. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News
RM2EC653M–Tiverton Staghounds October 30th 1982. After the kill. Here the dead stag is dragged away. This was long before the Hunting Act 2004 that banned this pastime on grounds of cruelty.
RM2GDMWAY–The Festival of Hunting, the largest one-day gathering of hounds, for a hound show, in the country at Peterborough Showground
RM2W9ANH4–Essex, UK. 26th Dec, 2023. Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it's annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Credit: MARTIN DALTON/Alamy Live News
RMKTNGW6–Thornbury, UK. 26th Dec, 2017. The Berkely fox hunt meet and canter through the High Street in Thornbury for the annual boxing Day hunt. Many people turn out to see the spectacle which draws visitors from all over the area and Bristol. Credit: Mr Standfast / Alamy Live News
RMEXKW5G–14th July 2015. Brian May at a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act,
RM2W9ANJA–Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt Hundreds of people attend as the Essex with Farmers and Union Hunt sets off for it s annual Boxing Day ride from the Chequers Pub in the rural Essex village of Matching Green UK. The Essex Hunt has met regularly in Matching Green since the early 19th century, although since the 2004 Hunting Act it has not been allowed to use dogs to chase and kill foxes. Matching Green Essex UK Copyright: xMartinxDaltonx Essex Hunt 261223 MD 268
RMRA66EW–Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. 01st January 2019. The Morpeth Hunt which dates from 1818 assembles for their first outing of the year. Credit: Joseph Gaul/Alamy Live News
RM2D9AHBN–Berlin, Germany. 04th Nov, 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in the Federal Chancellery with a mouth-nose cover. Topics of the meeting are, among others, an amendment to the Federal Hunting Act and a bill for the mobilisation of building land. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa pool/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMJ8N1XK–London, UK. 29th May, 2017. Demonstrators stage an 'Anti-Hunting March' in central London, marching from Cavendish Square to outside Downing Street. Protesters are demanding that the ban on fox hunting remains, contrary to reported comments by Theresa May, Prime Minister, that the 2004 Hunting Act could be repealed after the General Election. Credit: Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News
RMT8PEG1–Emperor Franz Joseph I - a bed decorated with hunting scenes from the Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl Iron, completely painted in colour, the obverse sides with medallions depicting alpine mountain scenery, the surfaces imitating wood grain and decorated with floral ornaments, head and foot boards with gilt openwork tendrils, the four bedposts surmounted with gilt, openwork crowns. One side board with stamped, heraldic imperial eagle as well as double-headed eagle with spread wings and inscription 'Schloß Ischl - Zimmer Nr. - Lfde.Nr. 929'. Can be disas, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RMG92WD9–Members of the Moy Hunt ride through the townland of Lisdermott County in County Tyrone. Hunts all over the country met today on the first Boxing Day since the Hunting Act came into force. The Countryside Alliance said many people will be supporting their local hunts as a new poll showed only a third of people think the new legislation is working.
RFJWHC08–London, UK. 12th Aug, 2017. The Badger Trust, the Make Hunting History coalition and Care2 hold a joint protest march to Downing Street to call on the Conservative government to bring an immediate end to the badger cull policy and to strengthen rather than seek to repeal the Hunting Act. Penelope Barritt/Alamy Live News
RMEXJ3R0–London, UK. 14th July 2015. Demonstrators take part in a rally to protest against proposed changes to the Hunting Act, outside the Houses of Parliament in London. On Wednesday, MPÕs will take a free vote on an amendment to the Hunting Act, removing the limit on the number of dogs allowed to flush out foxes and wild animals. Protesters claim that if passed, the amendment would effectively make make fox hunting legal again. Credit: London pix/Alamy Live News