Emmerdale star Nick Miles has called for a ban on the “archaic” practice of burning moorland, revealing he feels “heartbroken” when he sees fires near his home.
The actor, 58, who’s played Jimmy King for 17 years, lives in the Yorkshire Dales, surrounded by moors which are burned to encourage new growth of heather to feed grouse reared for shooting.
He said: “A few weeks ago my village disappeared under a blanket of smoke. “We are told not to burn wood in our stoves but we see them setting fire to heather which damages the environment.
It depresses me every time I see it. “It is heartbreaking when you are on top of a hill and see five different fires with emissions going up into the atmosphere and knowing underneath it is a deep peat bog,
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