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Neonics ban latest, Badger cull in Northern Ireland, Historic footpaths ruling

The NFU is frustrated by the government's response to its request to use neonicotinoid pesticides, saying its application for exemption from the current EU ban has been rejected.

The National Farmers Union says its discovered that UK farmers won't be allowed to use neonicotinoid pesticides as the government has turned down its application for an emergency exemption from the current EU ban.

Northern Ireland is to start a limited cull of badgers as part of a research project to combat TB in cattle which costs its taxpayers 拢30m a year. Despite a long standing eradication programme, Bovine TB still affects around six per cent of herds in Northern Ireland and it's on the rise.

A haulier explains what it's like trying to get chilled carcasses to the continent during the Calais ferry strike.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Mark Smalley.

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Mon 6 Jul 2015 05:45

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