Your photos of snakes, shrews and sparrowhawks

Wildlife photographers have shared some of the most striking photos of this spring so far. When Phil Groves captured a sparrowhawk hunting low along the River Kent in Kendal last week, he admitted it was a matter of “right time, right place”. Stephen Durham saw the “rare sight” of a viper attacking and killing a…

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New Virginia law banning `assault firearms’ prompts quick lawsuits from gun-rights groups

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms, prompting immediate lawsuits from gun rights groups. The restrictions on “assault guns” described in the legislation are among two dozen new gun restrictions and regulations the Democratic governor has enacted in his first months in office. It marked a sharp…

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