SPECIAL REPORT Campaigners compel Exeter City Council to reconsider Northbrook pool closure with 2,250-strong resident petition Exeter City Council is under pressure to reconsider its plan to close Northbrook Swimming Pool after community campaigners triggered a full council debate on the closure by raising a petition imploring it to keep the pool open that was...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Becky Harrison Becky Harrison said wild camping was “magical” “It can teach you so much, so much within yourself, and about the environment – it becomes addictive,” said Becky Harrison of going wild camping. The 52-year-old from the South Hams in Devon first tried it three years ago and...
Getty Images The Supreme Court ruling means that people are legally allowed to camp in set areas of Dartmoor Wild camping is “not about large tents and fairy lights” Dartmoor’s authority has said after a court decision affirming the right to pitch a tent on the moor. Supreme Court judges unanimously rejected an appeal by...
The Supreme Court has upheld the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor, unanimously dismissing an appeal against Dartmoor National Park Authority made by Dartmoor landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall. The Darwalls had sought to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling handed down in July 2023 which restored the right to wild camp following a...
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West John Harding John Harding, right, and friend Lewis Gingell recorded a three-day trek across Dartmoor The UK Supreme Court is set to rule on whether people have the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor in a case that has reignited a debate over public access to land. Wild...