04/08/20 - Planning reforms and the countryside, Combinable crops, Rural crime report

Farming Today

• Episode: 04/08/20 - Planning reforms and the countryside, Combinable crops, Rural crime report
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:28
• Published: 2020-08-04 07:00

With the government expected to announce changes to planning laws later this week, Sybil Ruscoe asks Hugh Ellis whether this could help landowners recover from economic losses sustained during the global pandemic, or whether as some charities fear, it's the beginning of a deregulated race to the bottom. It's harvest week on Farming Today and as if the weather isn't enough of an obstacle, social distancing guidelines could add another layer of complexity - Heather Simons asks James Price how he's been coping with these multiple challenges. COVID-19 may also be potentially to blame for a sharp increase in rural crime according to a new study out today. But for a family of cranes in Lincolnshire the peace and quiet of the pandemic has created the perfect backdrop for a little Avian romance, with the first chick being born in the county for the first time in four hundred years. Producer: Toby Field