MEMBERS and supporters of the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent Hunt were picketed by anti-blood sports protestors as they arrived for their annual ball.

It took place at The Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells at the weekend. The anti-hunt campaigners gathered at the gates to wave placards and shout slogans as guests drove in.

One of them, Heather Nicholson, 37, from Woking, was arrested by police and charged with a public order offence. She was released on bail and is due to appear before magistrates at Sevenoaks on Wednesday (March 3).

* In January, foxhunters and protestors clashed in an incident at West Peckham in which it was claimed a huntsman was pulled from his horse.