:00:00. > :00:13.That's all from the BBC News at One - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:14. > :00:19.Parts of Dartmoor and Exmoor could be "returned to the wild", according
:00:20. > :00:25.The 25-year plan for nature could see subsidies paid
:00:26. > :00:27.to farmers being cut, allowing the areas to return
:00:28. > :00:32.It comes at a time when all subsidies for farming could change
:00:33. > :00:35.as a result of the vote to leave the EU.
:00:36. > :00:37.Our environment correspondent, Adrian Campbell, reports.
:00:38. > :00:39.The wide-open uplands of the South West are
:00:40. > :00:45.But when it comes to making a profit from this land,
:00:46. > :00:50.Some farmers have benefited from subsidies but since the Brexit
:00:51. > :00:54.vote everything's suddenly up for debate.
:00:55. > :00:57.However, it shouldn't be forgotten that the uplands
:00:58. > :01:01.provide us with important and often hidden benefits.
:01:02. > :01:04.This is sphagnum moss, found here on the edge of Exmoor.
:01:05. > :01:07.It's really useful to all of us because it traps moisture
:01:08. > :01:13.Now, once upon a time nobody put a price tag on this kind of thing
:01:14. > :01:21.Farmers and environmental groups such as the RSPB have worked closely
:01:22. > :01:23.to protect this part of Exmoor over years but they know there
:01:24. > :01:27.Robin Milton is an upland farmer and the vice-chairman
:01:28. > :01:34.It is a farmed landscape, let's remember it is a living,
:01:35. > :01:41.I think it would be very, very poor of us to consider actually
:01:42. > :01:43.any forms of what could be construed as land abandonment.
:01:44. > :01:47.I'm not entirely sure that would deliver what we expect.
:01:48. > :01:50.But abandonment and re-wilding of the uplands may be on the agenda,
:01:51. > :01:52.as the Government considers how to manage our countryside
:01:53. > :01:58.One option could be to plant more trees.
:01:59. > :02:00.Wildlife organisations say the Government needs
:02:01. > :02:05.The uplands should be the most favoured areas
:02:06. > :02:07.for government investment, because they deliver so much more
:02:08. > :02:13.for the whole public - flood protection, nature,
:02:14. > :02:16.all the incredible access for people to spend their leisure time here -
:02:17. > :02:19.so in a way they should be the favoured areas for our
:02:20. > :02:22.We contacted Defra and asked them about their plans
:02:23. > :02:30.They told us they couldn't say if farming will continue as before.
:02:31. > :02:32.That's because they've just started work on a 25-year plan
:02:33. > :02:56.which they aim to publish at the end of the year.
:02:57. > :02:59.A drugs baron who was banned from Devon and Cornwall for 10 years
:03:00. > :03:02.is on the run after he failed to return from a Christmas
:03:03. > :03:05.As our Home Affairs correspondent Simon Hall explains,
:03:06. > :03:07.Blake Donnellan was serving a 15-year sentence for conspiracy
:03:08. > :03:11.Blake Donnellan was supposed to be in prison at Sudbury in Derbyshire,
:03:12. > :03:13.serving a 15-year sentence for smuggling drugs
:03:14. > :03:16.But he was released for 24 hours on Christmas Day,
:03:17. > :03:21.Donnellan was one of the leaders of a gang which made tens
:03:22. > :03:23.of thousands of pounds bringing cocaine and other Class A drugs
:03:24. > :03:28.At the time of his conviction in 2011, police said a major supply
:03:29. > :03:30.ring had been broken by one of the biggest investigations
:03:31. > :03:35.It involved more phone work than we've ever done before,
:03:36. > :03:41.We arrested 38 people, so colossal by our standards.
:03:42. > :03:43.Donnellan was described as a career criminal and was once banned
:03:44. > :03:46.from Devon and Cornwall for ten years because of his activities.
:03:47. > :03:49.Police began an extensive covert-surveillance operation
:03:50. > :03:52.to convict him, along with four other members of his gang.
:03:53. > :03:54.In a statement, the Ministry of Justice said...
:03:55. > :04:00.All offenders must meet strict criteria and pass a full risk
:04:01. > :04:04.assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence."
:04:05. > :04:06.Anybody who thinks they see Donnellan is asked to call
:04:07. > :04:16.Now a round-up of some of the other news this lunchtime.
:04:17. > :04:18.27-year-old Tanis Bhandari was stabbed to death two years ago
:04:19. > :04:23.At the time of the murder one of his two killers,
:04:24. > :04:27.Donald Pemberton, was out on licence from prison.
:04:28. > :04:30.Now Tanis's mother, Andrea Sharpe, has petitioned the Prime Minister
:04:31. > :04:32.calling for a probation-service report on his supervision
:04:33. > :04:37.Alison Hernandez, the Devon and Cornwall Police
:04:38. > :04:43.and Crime Commissioner, has been questioned under caution
:04:44. > :04:46.She is being investigated over allegations about election expenses
:04:47. > :04:49.when she was the campaign agent for the Torbay
:04:50. > :04:52.A report will be presented to the Independent Police
:04:53. > :04:57.The first of two public meetings about possible cuts to services
:04:58. > :05:01.at North Devon District Hospital is being held tonight in Northam.
:05:02. > :05:05.The Town Council there says the plans could put lives at risk.
:05:06. > :05:07.The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust says the service is facing
:05:08. > :05:16.challenges and change is needed to improve care for patients.
:05:17. > :05:18.Life-saving rescue missions by Devon's air ambulance are now
:05:19. > :05:25.Thanks to a ?1 million investment the pilots now have night-vision
:05:26. > :05:27.goggles and the first of what will be hundreds of floodlit
:05:28. > :05:31.Spotlight's Kirk England has been out with one
:05:32. > :05:38.The golden lights of the North Devon town of Chulmleigh, as seen
:05:39. > :05:44.Now the work of the pilots and paramedics on board doesn't
:05:45. > :05:55.What's made flying at night possible is a growing number of floodlit
:05:56. > :05:58.community landing sites, which make it easier, faster
:05:59. > :06:07.No helipad here - Chulmleigh's playing field is good enough,
:06:08. > :06:13.lit by a specially installed floodlight paid for by local people.
:06:14. > :06:16.We are a rural community, a long way from hospitals,
:06:17. > :06:20.Barnstable and Exeter are our two main hospitals.
:06:21. > :06:22.Ambulances take 20, 30 minutes or so to get
:06:23. > :06:29.I think a lot of people know how good and how valuable and essential
:06:30. > :06:31.the services that we provide during the daylight.
:06:32. > :06:35.The reality is that up until last month we couldn't do that at night.
:06:36. > :06:37.People still have their accidents, they still get critically ill
:06:38. > :06:40.at night, and we wanted to be able to respond to them even
:06:41. > :06:43.when it was dark, and this network of community landing sites means
:06:44. > :06:46.we can now help patients in Devon even when it's dark.
:06:47. > :06:49.The helicopter has been adapted to fly at night,
:06:50. > :06:56.pilots trained and supplied with special night-vision goggles.
:06:57. > :07:05.At the moment teams clock off at midnight but it's hoped that
:07:06. > :07:08.in the next few years they'll be responding to emergencies around
:07:09. > :07:19.Holly is here with the weather. It has been rather grey this morning
:07:20. > :07:30.so I thought we would look at yesterday evening's photos.
:07:31. > :07:36.Keep those photos coming in, they are very lovely indeed. Today it has
:07:37. > :07:42.been cloudier thanks to this weather front here. It is fairly weak,
:07:43. > :07:47.pushing across us and behind it colder air. It will get stuck across
:07:48. > :07:51.western Cornwall so here we keep cloudier, damper and milder
:07:52. > :07:55.conditions. Fairly cloudy through the afternoon, bit of light rain and
:07:56. > :08:00.drizzle. You might be lucky enough to see a few bright spells but they
:08:01. > :08:06.will be in short supply. Temperatures around average, eight
:08:07. > :08:11.or 9 degrees. Overnight this rain works westwards and gets stuck in
:08:12. > :08:17.Western Cornwall. Further east the skies clear, risk of freezing mist
:08:18. > :08:25.and fog patches. Huge difference in the from West to East, seven or
:08:26. > :08:33.eight in the West, -1, -3, even minus six in the East. Very cold and
:08:34. > :08:38.frosty in the morning, the risk of mist and freezing frog. The Western
:08:39. > :08:44.Cornwall, cloudier conditions, more damp, and that continues through the
:08:45. > :08:56.day. Further east, some lovely Sunshine hopefully on offer. For the
:08:57. > :09:00.Channel Islands and we are in that warmer air mass. Taking a look at
:09:01. > :09:05.the picture over the next few days, a lot of cloud rolling in for
:09:06. > :09:10.Friday, it could be misty and foggy to start, and outbreaks of rain in
:09:11. > :09:14.the afternoon. Looking mild into the weekend, a bit damp maybe but mostly
:09:15. > :09:22.dry, but I suspect it will be fairly cloudy.
:09:23. > :09:23.Phone in programmes are under way in ABC radio Devon and BBC Radio
:09:24. > :09:29.Cornwall. -- BBC Radio Devon. I'll be back with Victoria Graham
:09:30. > :09:44.for more on that and all the latest Panorama investigates
:09:45. > :09:51.the deadly terrorist attack and should British tourists
:09:52. > :09:55.have been warned about the risks?