VISITORS to a Dartmoor beauty spot have been branded 'idiots' after parking so badly that police had to be called and enough litter was dumped to fill 80 sacks.

The trouble at Newbridge, Poundsgate, has been growing with the improving weather.

Things came to a head at the weekend when paramedics struggled to attend an emergency and on Monday morning national park rangers launched a major clear up operation.

There was little they could do, however, about the branches broken off trees or the ground left scorched by bonfires and barbecues.