Attenborough-backed appeal buys vast £30m Rothbury Estate for nature

The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust have completed the £30m purchase of the 9,500-acre Rothbury Estate after a two-year public appeal backed by Sir David Attenborough. The former grouse moor, held by the Percy family for about 700 years, could form part of a 40-mile wild corridor. Some local farmers opposed the purchase.