COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: More local police
Rural areas have an increasing problem with crime, but unfortunately the Government doesn't want to encourage police in villages and rural connurbation. This needs to change, says Country Life.
Country Campaigns
Country Campaigns
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COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: Stock more local food
Country Life calls on supermarkets to cut down their food miles, and stock more local, and fairly priced, food.
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Britain's Favourite Farmers' Market - regional winners
After months of voting and thousands of entries, Country Life can now reveal the regional winners—as voted for by you
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COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: Get rid of alien species.
The red squirrel is a dying species, as greys decimate their numbers. There are also many other dominant invasive species which need to be controlled in our countryside.
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COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: Water meters for every home
Every home in Britain needs a water meter, and the Government, and in particular the Treasury, needs to start taking water shortages seriously.
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COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: Save the Night Sky
Pollution-emitting lights should be eliminated from sensitive areas such as the national parks.
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COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: Planning at a local level is crucial
Planning decisions need to be taken locally, at a county level, without this rubbish about regional assemblies
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COUNTRY LIFE Manifesto: A Ban on Plastic Bags
The amount of packaging used in supermarkets is having a terrible effect, on wildlife and the environment, and plastic bags are a curse on our landscape.
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COUNTRY LIFE manifesto: More Country Education in Schools
COUNTRY LIFE sets out in detail why children need to be educated better in schools about the way the countryside works.
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What is the Future of the Countryside?
Clive Aslet is surprisingly optimistic about how the British countryside in the 21st century fare in the future
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Village stores fighting back
Holly Kirkwood talks to rural shop owners who are developing ever more inventive tactics to survive in the face of stiff competition from the out-of town behemoths.
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Who Are the Real Top Dogs?
What do real dog owners want? Sandy Mitchell sniffs out the winners and losers in the categories we really care about.
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Best Dog Breeds
Is your dog the most loveable of them all? asks COUNTRY LIFE
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In the market for a favourite town
Rupert Uloth reveals the shortlist of 15 finalists in Country Life's search for your favourite market town, sponsored by Strutt & Parker. Now it is up to our judges
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Pro-hunting wristbands
You can now wear your pro-hunting heart on your sleeve, with two new types of wristbands designed to raise funds to help abolish the ban
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We reveal England's Favourite Village
After months of touring the country and consulting our readers, the judges have finally decided on England's favourite village.
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Stop land-based windfarms
If the Government has its way, wind farms may contaminate many of the wildest landscapes in Britain.
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Prince Launches Rural Housing Initiative
A fresh drive to encourage landowners and businesses to develop affordable houses in rural areas has been launched by the Prince of Wales to 'tackle a problem that threatens the very fabric of rural life'.
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Best place to live in Britain
Where is the best place to live in Britain? It must be best for beauty, best for community, best for local produce and best for affordability. Here are the results of Country Life's 'Quality of Life' survey
