Bird flu is found at sites in Yorkshire and Lancashire

A protection zone has been put around a site in North Yorkshire after birds there were confirmed as having the H5N1 virus.found at premises near Leeming Bar, Hambleton on SaturdayOn Friday,Temporary control zones covering 3km and 10km are in place around both the Leeming Bar and Fylde sites.

The Defra website states the virus is "primarily a disease of birds and the risk to the general public's health is very low".An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been in place across Great Britain since 3 November, after the discovery of a strain of the virus in a small poultry unit in Warwickshire.Have you been affected by the issues in this story? EmailPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.

This is not good and presents a real danger to our food stocks and more over the potential for the virus to jump species ( as SARs) UK Government wake the hell up

What a filthy country this has become. Human waste in the sea, bird flu, importing instant potato from the US. Dirty Britain.

A bird flu near me earlier 🦅

And the fear barrel keeps rolling…

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