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.”
Minister for Biosecurity, Lord Gardiner, and the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, host a One Health Science reception at the British Embassy in Paris.
Today we're looking at coverage of a large increase in seabird populations on the island of Lundy and the news that Wine Week has begun with a big success for UK wine making.
This afternoon's blog looks at the 50th anniversary of the Cleveland Way National Trail.
Today's blog looks at Minister Rutley's recent visit to Coalville, Leicestershire to launch the new Urban Tree Challenge Fund.
Today's blog looks at the announcement to ban plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton buds.
In today's blog we look at coverage of the Resilience Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
£200 million rollout of full fibre broadband begins, and the Guardian on EA eel research
Defra launches its Urban Tree Challenge Fund launched and coverage of a new report on bee populations and climate change
In this blog we look at the successful eradication of the Asian Longhorn Beetle in the UK.
In this blog we are looking at Food Minister David Rutley attending the Balmoral Show, the biggest agricultural and food show in Northern Ireland with 100,000 visitors over three days.