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Foot and mouth May news:

No more Settle cases - but outbreak now biggest ever
Thurs 31 May, 09:30 GMT
IT IS yet another case of good news, bad news today.

Ribble Valley under threat - but no new cases
Wed 30 May, 09:30 GMT
NO NEW cases of foot and mouth disease were reported in the Settle area of North Yorkshire yesterday.

More cases in Settle/Lancs border: political row grows
Tues 29 May, 10:00 GMT
THE bank holiday weekend brought little comfort for farmers in the Settle area with two more foot and mouth cases.

New case at Coniston Cold but park still open
Fri 25 May, 10:00 GMT
THE 19th case of foot and mouth in the Settle area was confirmed at Coniston Cold, near Skipton, yesterday.

Minister jets in; no new cases
Thurs 24 May, 10:00 GMT
AGRICULTURE Minister Nick Brown was due to arrive in Craven today.

Two more outbreaks; Craven becomes election issue
Wed 23 May, 10:30 GMT
ANOTHER two outbreaks of foot and mouth are confirmed in the Craven area - one this morning at Gargrave, only four miles from Skipton.

No new cases; the long wait begins
Tues 22 May, 10:00 GMT
THERE were no new cases reported in the North Craven area overnight.

Nightmare returns; Malham roads closed
Mon 21 May, 09:30 GMT
ROADS into Malham will be closed today as the foot and mouth nightmare returned with a vengeance.

At last, the good news: no new cases
Fri 18 May, 10:00 GMT
FOR THE first time since foot and mouth struck more than two months ago, there were no new cases reported by 7pm yesterday.

MAFF to be scrapped, say Labour
Thurs 17 May, 10:00 GMT
PRIME Minister Tony Blair has announced the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will be scrapped should Labour win the coming general election - a move we forecast two weeks ago.

False sign alert; task force to meet
Wed 16 May, 10:00 GMT
YORKSHIRE Dales national park officials are today investigating a rash of false "open" signs placed on footpaths in the Ingleborough area of North Craven.

Two more Settle cases; anger mounts
Tues 15 May, 10:00 GMT
TWO more outbreaks of foot and mouth were confirmed in the Settle area of North Craven overnight, bringing the total up to seven.

New cases dash Craven escape hopes; MP lashes out
Mon 14 May, 09:00 GMT
TWO NEW confirmed outbreaks of foot and mouth near Settle, bringing the local total up to five, have been received with dismay in Craven which, so far, had escaped unscathed.

Confirmed cases in Settle, Langcliffe and Giggleswick
Fri 11 May, 13:51 GMT
For details visit the North Yorkshire County Council website


Cattle cull figures throw election bombshell
Fri 11 May, 10:00 GMT
FIGURES showing that hundreds of thousands of cattle slaughtered in the foot and mouth cull did not in fact have the disease threw a massive bombshell into the election campaign.

More paths to open; NFU launches election campaign
Thurs 10 May, 10:00 GMT
NORTH Yorkshire County Council has re-opened some 400 rights of way and it is hoped many more will be available by the spring bank holiday in two week's time.

Postal votes for stranded farmers?
Wed 9 May, 10:30 GMT
HUNDREDS of returning officers in rural constituencies were today preparing for one of the biggest challenges they have ever faced.

To be or not to be: the foot & mouth election
Tues 8 May, 11:00 GMT
PRIME Minister Tony Blair, widely expected to call a June 7 general election today, is hoping that it will not become known as the "foot and mouth election."

On the home straight - but where's the winning post?
Fri 4 May, 10:00 GMT
THE Prime Minister's television appearance yesterday to assure the country that the foot and mouth crisis was on the "home straight" looked less than a racing certainty today with a new batch of outbreaks confirmed in Cumbria.

National park footpaths for "partial" re-opening
Thurs 3 May, 10:30 GMT
THE Yorkshire Dales National Park announced today the "limited opening" of some 12 miles of public rights of way.

Numbers continue to fall - but Swaledale hit again
Wed 2 May, 10:30 GMT
Although the numbers of new foot and mouth cases continued to fall, there was bad news for Swalesdale.

Getting back to business as usual
Tues 1 May, 10:00 GMT
WITH new outbreaks remaining in single figures, there were signs that the countryside was making preparations for "business as usual".


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