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

Story plus photos of the two giant white horses in North Yorkshire and Oxfordshire which had huntsmen and hounds added to them overnight.

A teenager arrested earlier this week as he approached British Prime Minister Tony Blair's constituency home with pro-hunting posters is the son of rock star Bryan Ferry.

Kevin Brown. Douglas Batchelor insists the hearings are intended simply to determine how to implement a ban. John Jackson sees them as an attempt by ministers to provide some room for manoeuvre. Mr Michael refuses to say what kind of common ground he is seeking.

John Jackson, chairman of the Countryside Alliance, said his preferred option was a broad wildlife management authority that would regulate hunting as part of a new national strategy for the countryside.

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.

Nick Britten. Riders formed a two and a half mile procession in Leicester to protest the proposed ban on foxhunting. They were accompanied by Mr President, the black American rap artist, and Miles Cooper, a former senior member of the League Against Cruel Sports who has switched sides because of his concerns about cruelty to wildlife under a ban.

Peter Foster. The March is bringing together British Muslim hare coursers from Pakistan, gamekeepers, blacksmiths and rat-catchers along with supporters from twelve other countries including France, Australia and the United States.

David Millward. Iain Duncan Smith promises that if elected Prime Minister he will allow Government time for a ban to be reversed. He accuses Labour of mounting a class war instead of governing for one nation.

Auslan Cramb. The Berwickshire Hunt is diversifying into hunting the clean boot with bloodhounds as well as continuing to hunt foxes by driving them into the open to be shot, as the Scottish Parliament has now instructed, even though their joint master and huntsman considers it is a disgusting and unreliable way to kill foxes.

Andrew Sparrow, political correspondent. Chris Mullin, senior Labour MP, is concerned that pro-hunting campaigners may be adopting the techniques of their hunt sab opponents.

Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. Pro-hunting people and dogs, led by Richard Meade, demonstrated at the new RSPCA headquarters on behalf of the 20,000 hunting dogs that will be affected by a ban.

Leader. "Denying the rights of a minority to engage in activities harmless to other people, in realms outside hunting, fishing or shooting, could well become of great importance."

Peter Foster. Meet Mr President, the American rap artist who has written 'Balance', the March anthem, after being inspired by talking to protestors during their round-the-clock vigil in Parliament Square.

Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. The famous Uffington and Kilburn chalk horses were temporarily joined by huntsmen and hounds.

For the first time a bloodhound "clean boot" pack will operate north of the border. Nearly a dozen already operate in England.

Iain Duncan Smith supports the March because hunting has nothing to do with animal cruelty. "This is just a class war and it is about people on horses in red coats."