Fighting the tree disease ash dieback on Exmoor National Park is set to hit £300,000.

The authority that oversees the park is budgeting a further £25,000 this financial year to combat the disease, bringing the total to that landmark figure.

While the park hopes the latest cash will help it overcome ash dieback throughout the park, its head of finance and operations, Ben Barrett, acknowledged this isn’t entirely certain.

“We hope it will be gone after this latest spending, but if not, we will have to continue to tackle it,” he said.