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âIt has become them and usâ: the battle to burn Englandâs moorlands
Gamekeeper Tom Adamson uses a batter to smother the flames during burning on Barden Moor in the Yorkshire Dales. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian
Gamekeeper Tom Adamson uses a batter to smother the flames during burning on Barden Moor in the Yorkshire Dales. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian
To grouse farmers, it is a vital act of preservation; to environmentalists, it is arson. Will a ban on peat burning add fuel to the fire?
Sat 1 May 2021 07.00 EDT
Itâs been dry for days. The breeze gently ruffling the tops of maroon-coloured heather and clumps of tall, pale grasses is neither too strong nor too weak. There is a pleasing squelch to the moss-covered peat below. These are the perfect conditions for burning.
18. Coventry University: 9
20. University St Andrews: 9
21. University of Surrey : 7
22. University of Stirling: 7
23. Edinburgh Napier University: 5
24. Imperial College London: 5
25. London School of Economics: 5
26. University of East London: 5
27. University of Sussex : 4
28. Glyndwr University: 4
30. Brunel University: 3
32. University of Wolverhampton: 3
33. Bucks New University: 2
34. Harper Adams University: 2
35. Queen’s University Belfast: 2
36. University of Winchester: 2
37. Bangor University: 1
39. Teeside University: 1
40. University of Worcester: 1
(A indicates a university did not provide full data for the full five years, meaning the true number could be higher)
The BBC obtained the statistics for part of a new documentary, Is Uni Racist?, which investigates whether unis fail to deal with complaints of racism.
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