DARK SECRETS: 24 - The Real Truth

Defra to hold crisis meeting to tackle impact of fertiliser costs on food prices

Knock-on effect of rising gas prices, exacerbated by war in Ukraine, adding to cost of living crisis in UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

DWP to promote Brexit ‘career opportunities’ in fruit picking to stop food rotting in fields again

Produce has gone unpicked after EU migrant workers stayed away

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Brits with health conditions told to stay indoors as rise in pollution puts them at risk

Advice issued by DEFRA suggests adults and children with lung problems, and adults with heart problems, should 'reduce strenuous physical exertion, particularly outdoors'

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2022

Outcry prompts U-turn over killing wild birds to protect game birds in England

Government backs down from guidance that would have allowed birds such as crows to be shot

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2022

Government did not sufficiently consider if tree-planting targets are realistic, watchdog says

‘It is not expecting to achieve the amount of new tree-planting in 2021-22 that it set out to,’ head of National Audit Office says

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Illegal dog breeder who allowed puppy’s ears to be cut off must pay back more than £100k

Michael Dawson was fined after a search warrant was executed by Defra who found illegal veterinary medicines

Wales Online · Feb 11, 2022

Study links crab deaths and dog illness to dredging

Defra report blamed algal blooms but independent research points to chemical released from sediments

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2022

Ministers face legal challenge over rules for shooting wild birds

Exclusive: Activists challenge updated shooting licences, which allow wild birds in England to be shot to protect game birds

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2022

Swans and geese found dead near Oxford University as cases of bird flu spread across UK

The bodies of the swans and geese were discovered at Iffley Lock and nearby Port Meadow where Oxford University students stroll and relax beside the River Thames

Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2022

Bird flu: domestic chicken keepers could be putting themselves – and others – at risk

Bird flu cases have been on the rise recently, with reports of outbreaks in the UK, China, mainland Europe and Israel. Outbreaks typically happen in commercial flocks, such as in large-scale poultry farming operations – which is why bird flu is often only a concern to people working in these…

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2022