Animal Welfare
Speaking at an event today, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the expected arrival of a dual system of regulation at the GMC next year could introduce confusion to an already outdated system of healthcare professional regulation. While speaking at the Westminster Health Forum event today on Next steps for professional healthcare regulation in the UK,… Read more »
Northern Ireland’s shooting and countryside organisations recently met with Police Service of Northern Ireland Firearms and Explosives Branch (PSNI FEB) staff and senior officials from the Department of Justice (DoJ) in Belfast. Formed in May 2021, the Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group (NIFRG) is an umbrella group which brings together 10 national and local shooting and… Read more »
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The British farming industry is in turmoil again today after Defra announced the most recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease appears to be linked to the Pirbright laboratory in Surrey. Preliminary tests have shown the virus is the same strain as that which led to the slaughter of hundreds of livestock last month. Farmers… Read more »
The risk to the public from the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian bird flu in Suffolk is “negligible”, environment secretary David Miliband has insisted. The slaughter of 159,000 turkeys at the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk is expected to finish today, and the bodies will be transported to Staffordshire to be destroyed…. Read more »
