UK – The Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) lifted a ban on livestock movements on Monday, after tests for a suspected foot and mouth case proved negative.

Livestock movements were stopped within an 8km radius of a farm in North Yorkshire last week when an animal displayed signs that it may have foot and mouth disease.

Animals at the same farm were infected with foot and mouth disease last May.

The last confirmed case of foot and mouth in the UK was in September 2001. Since then there have been several suspected cases, all of which have proved negative.