Mon 30 April, 11:00 GMT
DESPITE the fact that only three news cases of foot and mouth were reported on Sunday, more and more scandals over the Government's handling of the disease broke over the weekend.
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Fri 27 April, 10:30 GMT
THE DECISION by Prime Minister Tony Blair to change policy and reduce the numbers of healthy cattle culled near confirmed foot and mouth outbreaks has once again split the rural community.
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Thurs 26 April, 11:30 GMT
IN ONE of the most bizarre twists of the whole foot and mouth crisis, a week old calf called Phoenix may - or may not - be responsible for saving the lives of thousands of healthy livestock.
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Wed 25 April, 11:00 GMT
TODAY'S media concentrates its reporting on human health fears but, this aside, the general situation in the countryside continues to improve.
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Tues 24 April, 10:00 GMT
A SLAUGHTERMAN in North Cumbria is awaiting the results of medical tests today to see if he has contracted foot and mouth after working on the mass cull of foot and mouth livestock.
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Mon 23 April, 10:00 GMT
AFTER a period of optimism at the end of last week, there is more doom and gloom today as non-farming communities began to express concern on the effects of animal pyres on human health.
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Fri 20 April, 11:00 GMT
THE ARMY produced the first real sign of optimism for weeks in the foot and mouth crisis when it announced today that it may have "turned the corner" in the battle against the disease.
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Thurs 19 April, 10:00 GMT
SOME of the many tensions simmering amongst various teams handling the foot and mouth outbreak show signs of breaking through the surface today with a damning statement from vets working in badly hit Devon.
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Wed 18 April, 10:00 GMT
AFTER more than a month, the foot and mouth vaccination row rumbles on after the Government admitted that it was "still on the agenda."
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Wed 18 April, 10:00 GMT
The NFU has put a series of questions to the Government on the use of vaccination in the fight against foot and mouth as discussions on the vexed
issue continue.
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Tues 17 April, 09:30 GMT
THE CONTROVERSY over the possible use of vaccination erupted again over the Easter break after it had allegedly been put on the back burner by Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Wed 11 April, 10:30 GMT
AS THE countryside waits anxiously to see if the foot and mouth outbreak peaks this weekend more bickering has broken out between politicians and farmers.
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Tues 10 April, 10:30 GMT
FARMERS devastated by the foot and mouth epidemic reacted with bitterness today at the announcement of £1 billion profits for the supermarket giant Tesco.
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Mon 09 April, 10:00 GMT
AGRICULTURE Minister Nick Brown said today that figures showing new outbreaks of foot and mouth should show signs of dropping by the end of this week.
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Fri 06 April, 11:00 GMT
THE Prime Minister is in Yorkshire today as part of his campaign to show that the British countryside is still open for business - but North Yorkshire's footpaths will remain firmly closed.
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Thurs 05 April, 10:00 GMT
ALTHOUGH the number of foot and mouth cases passed the 1,000 mark yesterday, the rate of increase was slowing down and Government experts were expressing quiet optimism that the epidemic peaked.
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Wed 04 April, 12:00 GMT
THE apparent confusion in government circles on whether or not to introduce a vaccination programme has provoked a bitter attack from Skipton and Ripon MP David Curry.
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Tues 03 April, 09:30 GMT
ALTHOUGH the foot and mouth epidemic shows little sign of peaking, there are signs today that the crisis might be a vital turning point on a new road to prosperity in the countryside.
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Mon 02 April, 10:00 GMT
PRIME Minister Tony Blair was supposed to have spent the weekend at Chequers contemplating whether to order a vaccination programme to prevent further spread of foot and mouth.
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