Botham’s beef on shooting question

SPAT Sir Ian Botham and 5 Live host Rachel Burden SIR Ian Botham got into a spat with a radio presenter over his plans to feed the poor with pheasants.

The ex-England cricket captain, 61, is backing a scheme to provide 500,000 free game meals every year.

He will donate 10,000 birds from his shooting estates to the Country Food Trust plus £40,000 to turn them into meals. But when Radio 5 Live host Rachel Burden challenged him about shooting birds for sport, he accused her of having an “agenda”.

One listener accusing him of “bullying”but another wrote: “Burden a disgrace. Hijacked with agenda.”