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Vet 'changed his story' over disease-hit farm
A vet claimed a farm at the centre of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak had been infected for a month, but changed his assessment when told he had checked the animals only weeks earlier, a court heard yesterday.

Thursday 23rd May

Farmer gives evidence in foot-and-mouth trial
Cutlery picked out of pigswill at a farm at the centre of last year's foot-and-mouth first outbreak was routinely sent to Romania, a court heard yesterday.

Walks back communities
Walks organised by the Rotary clubs of Northallerton and Northallerton Mowbray, will take place from Osmotherley on Sunday, to show support for countryside communities which suffered during the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Wednesday 22nd May

Foot-and-mouth vet tells of 'depressed' pigs
An expert on foot-and-mouth disease, who was one of the first veterinary surgeons to visit a pig farm identified as having the virus at the start of last year's outbreak, told a court yesterday that the animals he saw there were "extremely depressed".

Farmers give up inquiry battle
A group of farmers fighting the Government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth crisis have dropped their case.

Village fair marks double celebration
A village fair wiped out last year because of the foot-and-mouth crisis has been switched from its normal date to create a double celebration marking the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Dales footpaths fully open at last
All footpaths in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are open for the first time since the foot-and-mouth crisis swept the region last spring.

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