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Inaccurate reporting on foot and mouth disease controls

Inaccurate reporting on foot and mouth disease controls

There has been inaccurate media coverage regarding foot and mouth disease (FMD) controls with reports that it took six or seven days for controls on commercial imports to take effect and “allowed disease to enter the country.”

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Our response to Greenpeace's action at Dogger Bank

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 23 September 2020 - Categories: Weekly stories

In today's blog, we look at the widespread coverage of the ongoing Greenpeace action at Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation.

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Recent coverage on shopping patterns

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 22 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
Image of supermarket shelves

In today’s blog, we look at recent coverage on food supply.

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Extension of grants to help properties recover from flooding announced

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 22 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized

On today's blog we look into our announcement that the government is extending the Property Flood Resilience (PFR) scheme

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Coverage on government’s progress to ban peat burning

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 21 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized

A look into the Government's progress to phase out blanket bog burning

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Ban on the use of metaldehyde announced

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 21 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
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On today's blog we look into our announced ban on the use of metaldehyde, a pesticide commonly used to control slugs.

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Letter from EA Chair on water quality

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 21 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
An image of a lake

The EA chair has responded to criticism in the paper over the weekend about the EA’s role in protecting our waters.

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Telegraph on UK fur trade

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 18 September 2020 - Categories: Weekly stories
Fox lying down

There is coverage in The Telegraph of a letter from the Environment Secretary to Giles Roca, the chief executive of the British Fur Trade Association (BFTA), on the future of UK fur trading.  

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Latest water classifications results published

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 18 September 2020 - Categories: Weekly stories
A river with green trees and bushes along the banks

Results show collective action is needed to improve the health of England’s rivers, lakes, canals, coastal waters and groundwaters

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RSPB releases report on biodiversity targets

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 14 September 2020 - Categories: Weekly stories
The Malvern Hills. A luscious, rolling green landscape

There has been coverage in The Times, the Guardian, The i and multiple regional outlets of an RSPB report claiming that efforts to protect British wildlife have suffered a “lost decade” because of a failure by the government to meet agreed UN ‘Aichi’ Biodiversity Targets.

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River planning on Countryfile

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 14 September 2020 - Categories: Weekly stories

Last night’s BBC Countryfile featured a project on the River Trent being managed by a partnership between the Environment Agency and Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.

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