FARMER Colin Bateman has around 1,600 sheep, many of which he should now be selling. But the reality is that they are still in his fields, caught up in the restrictions on animal movements following the recurrence of foot-and-mouth disease in the south of England.
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FOOT-and-mouth fears have resurfaced after the Government announced yesterday (Thursday) details of a "probable" leak of the virus from the same site identified as the source of the recent outbreak.