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Article: Plea for European help to close burial site.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 4, 2001
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Byline: Paul Watson and Tom Wilkinson
Protesters yesterday called on European commissioners to help them close a controversial foot-and-mouth burial site as the number of confirmed cases inched past the 2,000 mark.
With two further cases confirmed in Cumbria yesterday, the national total reached 2,000 last night and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it expected to confirm more cases.
A legal challenge to close down the ...