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Horse & Hound Trending: Helen West will take over as British Eventing chief executive in August. Credit: Stephen Sparkes Long-standing Bicton organiser Helen West will take up the mantle as British Eventing (BE) chief executive this summer. Helen, who has a strong background in horse sport, has managed Bicton Arena for Clinton Devon Estates for the last eight years and will leave her role there to take up the BE position in August. Helen said she is “thrilled” to be appointed, and that the sport has been a large part of her life for many years. “As a membership organisation...

Thank you. Before I begin the speech I'd prepared for today, I'd like to start by saying that this week, we are expecting significant flooding here in...

BBC News Published image captionThe project will restore the Otter Estuary to its natural and historic flood plains A £15m plan to restore the historic flood plains of a Devon estuary have been given the go-ahead. The Lower Otter Restoration Project will create 55 hectares of mudflats, saltmarsh and other habitats. The project, led by landowner Clinton Devon Estates and the Environment Agency, aims to prevent future major flooding and reduce the impact of climate change. Councillors unanimously backed the plans. image copyrightGetty Images image captionThe River Otter flows into the sea at B...

A £15 million scheme to restore a coastal river valley to a more natural state to cope with climate change and boost wildlife has been given the go-ahead. The Lower Otter Estuary restoration project aims to help the valley on the south Devon coast adapt to climate change and create an internationally important wildlife reserve. The River Otter is already home to England’s first new wild population of beavers, which were given the right to remain on the waterway after a five-year trial showed their reintroduction reduced flooding and boosted other wildlife. Now a new, largely EU-funded proj...