Delays to firearms licensing are on course to reach a record high, meaning that certificate holders may soon be holding firearms illegally.

Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders, according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation.

Following more than 250 businesses being nominated, the Eat Game Awards’ shortlist has been published ahead of a public vote to reveal this year’s wild game heroes.

The Home Office is being asked to intervene after some police forces in England halted the granting of new firearms licences.

Contrary to the campaigning of animal rights organisations and celebrities reeled out to promote the topic, trophy hunting is on record as being capable of delivering a variety of significant conservation and economic benefits.

Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).