NEW ROLE: Mariella Frostrup is the new president of CPRE Somerset A CAMPAIGN group working to protect the Somerset countryside has unveiled a new celebrity president. Journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup, who lives in the county, has been unveiled as the new president of CPRE Somerset (Campaign to Protect Rural England, Somerset). She succeeds Roger Martin. Mariella grew up in the countryside and moved to Somerset over a decade ago. She is now a permanent resident, often broadcasting her afternoon Times Radio show from her home just south of the Mendip Hills. And she said she is keen to champion the work of the countryside charity which works with rural communities to protect, enhance and celebrate the Somerset countryside.