A Conservative MP who received thousands in a donation from a wealthy landowner who took Dartmoor National Park Authority to court has refused to comment…
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Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution
The government’s efforts to protect UK rivers have been labelled an “abject failure” after two-thirds of farms in Devon were found to be causing pollution…
View More Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollutionCountry diary: a sea eagle sits in the mist, medieval and unreal
Foggy conditions can be the best time to see wildlife on Exmoor. A kind of twilight descends and the wild creatures are bolder. On the…
View More Country diary: a sea eagle sits in the mist, medieval and unrealSurge in Britons booking ahead for UK holidays in 2022
It is a conundrum that British tourist boards have struggled for decades to solve: how do you persuade holidaymakers to swap sangria in Spain for…
View More Surge in Britons booking ahead for UK holidays in 2022Workers in south-west England hardest hit by Universal Credit cut
The south-west of England will have the highest proportion of low-income workers affected by a £20-a-week cut later this year in universal credit payments, according…
View More Workers in south-west England hardest hit by Universal Credit cut‘I’m seen as the fool’: the farmers putting trees back into the UK’s fields
Andy Gray stands beside an enormous hill of bare red earth and smiles with a hint of mischief. This is his best field, its soils…
View More ‘I’m seen as the fool’: the farmers putting trees back into the UK’s fieldsWelcome back! UK’s national parks brace for staycation invasion
From a campaign about poo, to advance booking for parking spaces, to a Zoom session advising farmers how to establish a pop-up campsite on their…
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