The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

"People should still keep dogs on leads and not touch sick or dead wild birds"

Europe is enduring the most devastating bird flu season in its history, with some 50 million birds slaughtered on affected farms, European health authorities say.

Three people have been arrested after animal rights protesters scaled the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) building in central London, on Thursday morning, as they sought to draw attention to the bird flu crisis and intensive farming practices.

Choice of fresh turkey more limited after 1.6m birds died or were culled this year

Four new cases of bird flu at Iowa turkey farms in the past few days will push the number of birds slaughtered nationwide this month to limit the spread of the virus up to nearly 700,000

Culls and compensation have cost hundreds of millions of pounds in the US, UK and Europe, with current outbreak predicted to worsen

The French delicacy foie gras is in short supply – and prices per kilo are skyrocketing – as the festive season approaches.

Supermarkets have been forced to ration eggs after poultry farmers were hit by the double whammy of bird flu and rising costs - and fruit and veg could be next, farming bosses have warned

Supermarkets will be selling frozen turkeys as fresh until the end of the year to ensure families won't go without a turkey this Christmas - as 600,000 birds have died as a result of bird flu