This is The North East | News | Foot-and-mouth outbreak 2001

Farmer's Ł4m
One farmer received more than Ł4m in compensation after the foot-and-mouth crisis, Animal Health Minister Elliot Morley has revealed.

Friday 10th May

Vet feared 'big trouble' at farm
The first vet sent to a pig farm suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease at the beginning of last year's outbreak knew there was "big trouble" just minutes after he arrived, a court heard yesterday.

Recovery tastes sweet for rural concern
The rural recovery is gathering pace with a little help from Business Link York and North Yorkshire.

Thursday 9th May

'Chinese spoon in feed' at foot-and-mouth farm
Chinese cutlery, plastic sandwich packets and animal body parts were found at a North-East pig farm at the centre of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak, a court heard yesterday.

Wednesday 8th May

Farmer 'failed to reveal pigs had disease'
A farmer must have known his pigs had foot-and-mouth disease up to 12 days before the epidemic swept Britain - but failed to raise the alarm, a court heard yesterday.

Brigadier tells of chaos in epidemic fight
The Army officer who led the North-East foot-and-mouth cull launched a devastating attack on the Government's handling of the crisis yesterday.

Monday 6th May

Farmers use course to key into new skills
Farmers who joined a computer course in the wake of the foot-and-mouth crisis have not only acquired new skills, but also new slants on farming and country life.

Farm disease probe to start
A public inquiry begins tomorrow into the foot-and-mouth crisis in the county worst affected by last year's devastating outbreak.
One of the first to give evidence at the hearing in Kendal will be Brigadier Alex Birtwhistle, the soldier brought in to clear the backlog of dead animals and carry out a preventative cull.

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