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Foot and mouth June news:

Clear run continues; Skipton firm plans video sales
Fri 29 June, 09:30 GMT
THE Settle-Skipton-Clitheroe area remained free of new outbreaks of foot and mouth for the eighth day running.

Settle clear run continues; Blair absolves ramblers
Thurs 28 June, 10:00 GMT
THERE were again no reported new cases in the Settle-Skipton-Clitheroe area overnight, giving the area a clear run of a week.

£1 million Dales appeal; clear run continues
Wed 27 June, 11:30 GMT
A £1 MILLION appeal is to be launched today to help farms and other rural businesses in the Yorkshire Dales recover from the foot and mouth crisis.

Ministerial mystery; no new Yorkshire outbreaks
Tues 26 June, 10:00 GMT
UNLIKE her predecessor, new DEFRA Secretary of State Margaret Beckett played her cards close to her chest during a visit to the Settle foot and mouth rectangle yesterday.

DEFRA minister in the lion's den
Mon 25 June, 09:30 GMT
MRS Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is to visit Gisburn and farmers in the so-called Settle-Clitheroe rectangle.

No relief in Skipton area as restrictions are lifted
Fri 22 June, 10:00 GMT
MIDSUMMER'S Day brought no relief to the Skipton district as DEFRA lifted animal movement restrictions in many parts of the UK.

DEFRA to investigate Skipton cull; new cases drop
Thurs 21 June, 09:30 GMT
DEFRA and the RSPCA are both investigating alleged cruelty during a contiguous cull on fields.

Tempers begin to fray; national park warning
Wed 20 June, 10:00 GMT
ALTHOUGH DEFRA officials reported only one new case in North Yorkshire overnight there were clear signs that tempers were beginning to fray.

Skipton MP meets Beckett; first rural business grants
Tues 19 June, 09:30 GMT
THERE was one new outbreak at Carleton, near Skipton, overnight involving 211 cattle and major new developments came on the political scene.

Five new local cases; NFU meets DEFRA boss
Mon 18 June, 10:00 GMT
The outlook in the Settle-Clitheroe remains grim with five new cases reported over the weekend and mass culls still underway.

New case near Clitheroe; protest meeting tonight
Fri 15 June, 10:30 GMT
ANOTHER new case was confirmed overnight near Hellifield.

One new case in Settle area; A65 re-opens
Thurs 14 June, 09:30 GMT
ANOTHER new case was confirmed overnight near Hellifield.

A65 still closed; no new cases in Settle rectangle
Wed 13 June, 09:30 GMT
The busy A65 trunk road will be closed again between Skipton and Gargrave until 6pm today.

A65 closed; two new outbreaks in Settle rectangle
Tues 12 June, 09:30 GMT
The A65 trunk road, the busiest in the Dales, will be closed for at least three hours - and possibly all day.

Six more cases in Settle area; paths reopen in Lakes
Mon 11 June, 11:30 GMT
THERE was little let-up for farmers in the Settle-Clitheroe rectangle over the weekend.

Six new cases in Settle area; tax help for farmers
Fri 8 June, 10:00 GMT
FARMERS in the so-called Settle "rectangle" received another bitter blow.

New case at Burnsall; poll day bitterness
Thurs 7 June, 10:00 GMT
THERE have been two new cases in the so called "Settle Rectangle" - one of them at Wharfe View Farm, Burnsall.

No new cases - but Settle at centre of political arena
Wed 6 June, 10:00 GMT
THERE were no new cases of foot and mouth in the Craven area yesterday.

Settle outbreaks cause general election storm
Tues 5 June, 11:00 GMT
AS WE predicted yesterday, the Settle-Clitheroe foot and mouth flare up caused a major last week row in the general election campaign.

Settle situation worsens; Tories launch major attack
Mon 4 June, 10:00 GMT
THE situation worsened in the Settle/Lancs border area, and a new case was reported in the Wharfe Valley near Ilkley.

Great Yorks Show off; three new Settle cases
Fri 1 June, 10:30 GMT
YORKSHIRE farmers received two more blows to sinking morale with the cancellation of the Great Yorkshire Show.


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