UK to ban ‘dangerous’ XL bully dogs by end of the year

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, pictured leaving 10 Downing Street, has pledged to ban American XL bully dogs by the end of the year (Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

American XL bully dogs will be banned by the end of the year following a series of attacks, the British prime minister Rishi Sunak has said.

He made the promise after it emerged a man has died after being attacked by two dogs – suspected to be bully XLs – in Birmingham and following a video of another attack that went viral when an 11-year-old girl suffered serious injuries.