Author Tom Heap
Tom Heap

Tom Heap

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Low Water Levels and Sun Parched and Cracked Ground, Selset Reservoir, Summer 2018, Teesdale, County Durham, UK.

Climate change: what's the problem and what needs to be done?

Conservationists, citizens, politicians and businesses are all concerned about climate change and the countryside, says Countryfile's Tom Heap
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A British Union flag, commonly known as a Union Jack, right, flies next to a European Union (EU) flag, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel threw her political muscle behind the push for a deal to keep the U.K. in the European Union as diplomats worked to bridge the remaining differences between its members.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Stronger In: Why staying in is better for Britain's countryside

why staying in the EU is beneficial for Britain's countryside, farmers and wildlife
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Vote Leave: Why the British countryside would be stronger out

Campaign group Vote Leave tells Countryfile presenter Tom Heap why the British countryside and farmers would be better out of the EU.
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Tom Heap: How the EU influences aspects of the British countryside

From thatched cottages to blossoming hedgerows, grazing sheep to rolling Downs our countryside feels quintessentially British. But don't fooled, says Tom Heap, be it wildlife protection or farm finance most of the levers of power are pulled across the channel. 

 

 
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