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...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Leon Lebor was born on 11 July 1950. His birth was registered in Marylebone, London, his mother's maiden n...
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Gamble: Temporary Sub Officer Michael William Gamble was born on 20 August 1940. On 17 July 1969 he was attached to Fir...
J. & W. Dudgeon were shipbuilders on the Thames. The company passed through several hands, eventually becoming a large complex of oil storage tanks, but retaining Dudgeon's name. Amazingly they...
