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Fracking, TB Testing Vets, Pea Harvest

A decision on whether the first fracking operations in the UK for four years will go ahead is due. An energy firm wants to extract shale gas at two sites in Lancashire.

A decision on whether the first fracking operations in the UK for four years will go ahead is due later today. An energy firm wants to extract shale gas at two sites in Lancashire.
Despite low temperatures in the East of England, the pea harvest begins.
One vet speaks of how TB testing is no longer financially viable for his business since the government put the routine testing of cattle for bovine tuberculosis out to tender.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

13 minutes

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  • Wed 24 Jun 2015 05:45

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