This article, written by DNA's Tony Whitehead, first appeared in the Western Morning News on 26 September 2026.This week, Farmers Weekly reported that more than 40 Dartmoor farmers and commoners have ...

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

New measures will protect Dartmoor ponies and support those who keep them on the moor.

Xlinks wants to build a Devon data campus but is facing opposition from residents.

In recent weeks, Dartmoor's iconic ponies have been at the centre of significant media attention and public debate. We want to use this blog to set out clearly what has been reported, what is happenin...

After the election, Labour must end the attacks on a watchdog simply trying to protect what little wildlife we have left, says campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole

There’s been a deluge of misinformation recently about ponies on Dartmoor. Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s Tony Whitehead looks at the origins and potential impacts of the current “pony campaigning". He st...

Campaigners say requirements to cut livestock grazing could lead to a 90% cull of its hill ponies.

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sites

Ever fancied creating your own enormous effigy? One Cornish art collective has reinvigorated the practice – and now they want to draw on the public’s skills, too

The British far right has spent fifty years failing to find a leader who looks like he could run the country. Last Thursday, it did. This is Tory 3.0.

Ever fancied creating your own enormous effigy? One Cornish art collective has reinvigorated the practice – and now they want to draw on the public’s skills, too

Wild Justice wins High Court ruling that Dartmoor commons have been mismanaged The High Court has ruled that Dartmoor commons […]

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