but the countryside alliance has defended the practice, saying it's essential for rural life. this stage, no timeline has been given for when the crackdown will take effect. well, reform leader nigel farage has been speaking to our homeland security editor , to our homeland security editor, mark white in chiddingstone. >> whether you support fox hunting or not, as i say, has now become the tip of the iceberg in a much bigger issue about the way in which rural communities are being shut out. their opinions are being ignored. and we hear a lot about two tier britain. well, this is very two tier. if you're in the big cities, you matter if you're living out in villages like this, increasingly it feels like you don't. and i do think i do think and we've seen the farming protest taking off around the country. peaceful farming protests. i do think you're going to get labour mps representing these seats feeling very twitchy. >> in other news, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a staffordshire village on christmas day. police were called early on wedne

however, the countryside alliance defends the practice, saying it's essential for rural life. well, at this stage no timeline has been given for when the crackdown will take effect. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a staffordshire village on christmas day. police were called early on wednesday morning where they found a man in his 30s in cardiac arrest. despite efforts to save him, he died shortly after. a post—mortem is set for later today. the 33 year old suspect, from cannock is in custody and a crime scene remains in place. officers have also said locals can expect a heightened police presence in the area. dozens have survived a deadly plane crash in kazakhstan that claimed 38 lives. the azerbaijan airlines flight caught fire while attempting an emergency landing after being diverted due to fog. footage shows the plane landing at high speed before bursting into flames. its black box has been recovered. unconfirmed reports suggest a bird strike may have caused the crash. flights between baku and southern russia are now suspended as invest