Foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals. Since 1967, Britain had been free of the disease, until an outbreak was detected on 19 February 2001 in pigs from Buckinghamshire and the Isle of Wight. The epidemic lasted until October, in which time over six million cows and sheep were killed, costing the U.K. an estimated £8 billion.
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Foot-and-mouth epidemic
 The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photo...
 The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Lived and worked in North Kensington, 1960s - her death.  She was the driving force behind the campaigns for better housing, more play-space and new nurseries. At It's your Colville we were shock...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Geoffrey Thomas Campbell was born on 16 December 1969 in Wroths Path, Loughton, Essex, the second child of...
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