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Brucella canis can spread from dogs to humans in rare cases (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Explainer Three people in UK test positive for bacterial disease spreading in dogs

Asian hornets have been spotted near Dover in Kent

Government issues urgent warning after ‘killer’ Asian hornets spotted

Ducklings sit in a cage waiting to be sent to a slaughterhouse for extermination due to the avian flu outbreak that began in late November, at a farm in Doazit, southwestern France, on January 26, 2022. - The French government said on January 20, 2022, that it would cull more than one million birds in the coming weeks to fight a surging outbreak of avian flu on poultry farms.

Newcastle & North East warned to take Bird Flu measures after outbreak

Beaches along the North East were affected last year (Image: Getty Images)

Coast pollution: Defra report, algal bloom & dog illness update

Ouseburn Farm is closed for now (Image: Google Streetview)

Ouseburn Farm remains closed after avian flu outbreak

An academic thinks dredging is the cause (Image: Getty Images)

Biologist ‘99.9% certain’ he has found cause of North East dog illness