CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the countryside need a new leader to protect the Vale district.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has advertised for a new chairman of its Vale of White Horse District Council area.

It covers Botley and the market towns of Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon as well as the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

To apply for the role email campaign@cpreoxon.org.uk or call Oxfordshire director Helen Marshall on 01491 612079.