Right to roam campaigners are protesting about thousands of ‘access islands’ of wilderness in England that are surrounded by private land. Outdated countryside access laws need an overhaul.
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Piecemeal legislation is easily unpicked, as the recent high court ruling showed.
Communities in Leeds have eased tensions and saved local authorities money with a new approach to roadside families.
The UK government intends to make intentional trespass on private land a criminal offence.
Illegal hunters are damaging farm property, shooting at buildings and killing livestock. So why do farm trespass laws target animal activists?
The new legislation will give harsher punishment to people who incite others to trespass on farms.
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