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The Latest Breaking News from Dartmoor

Claims of Dartmoor pony cull reignite row over how to save Britain’s moorlands

The UK government has issued a denial after mounting speculation that 90% of Dartmoor hill ponies were to be culled.

The Conversation

How a ‘massive blunder’ sparked fears of a mass Dartmoor pony cull

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The Independent UK

Dartmoor ponies declared ‘safe’ by Starmer ally after Natural England ‘blunder’ led to cull fears

There were fears that a livestock counting method on the Devon hills would lead to a cull

The Independent UK

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Could Dartmoor ponies be culled under new biodiversity plans? What we know

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The Independent UK

Fears for future of Dartmoor’s iconic ponies under new conservation rules

The ponies have roamed the rugged moorland for 4,500 years

The Independent UK

Dartmoor potential pony cull prompts urgent call for livestock rule change

Exclusive: Sources say Defra’s policy on livestock fails to distinguish between ponies and sheep

The Guardian - UK

'Don't slaughter the ponies': Kemi Badenoch urges Keir Starmer to stop mass Dartmoor cull

Polling experts warned that the Prime Minister faces a backlash if hundreds of Dartmoor ponies are killed

Evening Standard

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'Only Serving Female Commando' Among Three Royal Navy Personnel Killed in Devon Helicopter Crash

Three Royal Navy personnel, including Britain's only serving female commando, died in a helicopter training crash near Dartmoor. An investigation is ongoing into the tragic incident.

International Business Times UK

‘Let these amazing forests come back to life’; push to expand England’s rainforest

Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sites

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The simple pleasure of watching beetles doing a barn dance

West Dartmoor, Devon: On the moor, every puddle and pool is quivering with whirligig beetles, carving circles and rotating in pairs

The Guardian - UK

Young country diary: A close call with a black adder

Dartmoor: We went for a family walk on the moor, and I ended up seeing something really rare and special

The Guardian - UK

My friend and I saw a big cat on Exmoor in 1982

Letter: Steve Jones responds to Max Lury’s report of seeing a big cat on Dartmoor as a child, and not being believed

The Guardian - UK

Young country diary: A weary wheatear shows off his best feature

Dartmoor, Devon: This one is an early-arriver after spending winter in sub-Saharan Africa, and it’s keen to show off its ‘white arse’

The Guardian - UK

‘The start of the healing process’: the vital work to restore Britain’s peatlands

A project on Dartmoor to reprofile the landscape aims to return the springy bog – and carbon store – to its natural condition

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London leaver: 'We made an offer on our 300-year-old Devon cottage without viewing it in the flesh'

From frenetic Balham life to Thermos-fuelled hikes on Dartmoor, moving to Devon — and a much smaller mortgage — afforded this family a total change of pace

Evening Standard

Dartmoor ponies helping to restore landscape at National Trust estate

The conservation charity hopes that the three mares and two geldings will help create the right conditions for wildflowers and grasses to thrive.

MSR Hubba Hubba LT2 review: a classic backpacking tent, reinvented

After 21 years, the iconic Hubba Hubba has had a major update

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: I love these soggy winter bogs – and so do the snipe

Dartmoor, Devon: In these treacherous conditions for the moorland walker, one false move and a wary wader will burst into the air

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The Guardian - UK

Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide

Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A hellish fungus, foul of stench and spindly of finger

Dartmoor, Devon: Of all the British wildlife with ‘devil’ in its name, the devil’s fingers fungus surely earns it the most

The Independent UK

Appeal issued to wild campers after surge in detritus on Dartmoor

Park rangers have reported a surge in campers discarding equipment and rubbish

The Guardian - UK

All the Devils Are Here review – Eddie Marsan and Sam Claflin hole up in cottage-bound crime drama

In the aftermath of a large heist, Marsan’s gang of thieves battle mistrust and cabin fever as they make tracks for a remote Dartmoor homestead

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest

Advnture

OPINION: Furore over fly camping on Dartmoor misses the point

Our consulting editor Pat Kinsella says, if you exclude the population of a nation from the vast majority of their own countryside, then there’s bound to be trouble

Advnture

"It's crazy what you see" – campers urged to treat Dartmoor National Park with respect after reports of flycamping

Britain's fly camping epidemic shows no sign of abating as authorities grapple with some people treating the landscape "like a festival site"

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