A highly pathogenic strain means outbreaks in the last four months have already surpassed last year's total.

With avian influenza cases already exceeding last season’s total, free-range egg producers are being urged to invest in ...

Rising case numbers and dozens of dead birds in Thames Valley raise fears spread is wider than recorded ...

The deaths of more than 20 swans along a stretch of river is suspected to have been caused by avian flu. The Swan Support ...

Glenrath Farms in the Borders - which produces more than one million eggs a day - is hit by more cases.

BBC Four's Great British Railway Journeys, presented by Michael Portillo, features Lancashire in an episode tonight - how to watch and what to expect.

Swan Support says it was first notified of suspected bird flu cases in Berkshire on 8 January.

Seabird numbers are plummeting even amongst once thriving species with drastic action urged by conservationists to prevent ...

Visitors are being warned to stick to footpaths, keep dogs on a lead and avoid contact with birds.

Bird flu has been discovered in a major poultry farm outside York for the the second time in less than a month.

Poultry farmer Jeff Cracknell says other measures are ineffective because wild birds have the disease.