DEFRA

<p>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.</p>

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

<p>Beaches along the North East were affected last year (Image: Getty Images)</p>

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

Ouseburn Farm remains closed after avian flu outbreak

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