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Matt visits聽St Abbs on the East Lothian coast. It鈥檚 a remote fishing village, surrounded by jagged cliffs.聽The coastline here is beautiful, but treacherous. The Lifeboat, the聽 heart and soul of this community, was recently threatened with closure after聽104 years. So the locals decided to run it themselves, Matt meets the team who saved and now run it for cakes and camaraderie. He finds out what it means to local families, their histories and learns what it takes to run a community lifeboat.

As the government announces an overhaul of its housing and planning policy, Tom鈥檚 looking at the land promoters that are accused of exploiting loopholes in the system. These companies don鈥檛 actually build anything but they offer farmers the chance to make money selling off land. The promoters use their expertise to win planning permission and sell the land on to developers for a large mark-up. But is it all about making a quick profit or is it actually tackling Britain鈥檚 housing crisis?聽

Anita is North Berwick on the south coast of the Firth of Forth. It鈥檚 a popular for biking, but many of these bikes have been causing erosion. Anita tests the 鈥淔at Bike鈥� It has huge fat tyres, and leaves virtually no trace in the sand, having as little impact on the natural habitat as possible. She then meets up with Abi and Becky, two mums who formed the charity 鈥楩idra鈥� to do something about plastic waste. The Scottish Government have now launched proposals to ban plastic cotton buds. This could make Scotland the first country in the UK to legislate against them, all thanks to these Lothian ladies.

For most of us the worst of the snow maybe gone, but for farmers the clear up is really just beginning. After days of clearing roads, reconnecting communities and rescuing livestock, lambing is really getting underway. We catch up with the issues they still face and look back at some of the great work they did during that sting in winter鈥檚 tail. 聽聽

Back in St Abbs Matt takes to the water with the local life boat team for a training session. They have fun back on land, but once the boat hits the water it鈥檚 strictly business. The team shows Matt some of the dangerous but stunning coastline and then finally it鈥檚 time to practice rescuing someone in the water, little does Matt know but he is about to become the man overboard!

Adam's traveled to Scotland鈥檚 Rural College just outside Edinburgh where he's seeing how scientists are measuring and combating the huge amounts of methane produced by cattle. The college has also developed the ultimate pig maternity ward and luckily we finally, on Countryfile, get to see some piglets being born.

Back on the Firth of Forth Anita鈥檚 meeting Pascale Rentsch on Gullane Beach. Pascale鈥檚 an artist and sculptor who loves this stretch of beach. Where most of us would just see dried seaweed, Pascale sees a wealth of decorative use for the sea鈥檚 debris. Today buckthorn berries are her inspiration, but as the two of them get to work in the outdoor studio, will Anita鈥檚 artwork pass muster?