The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

Many Christmas dinners could be missing a key item this year

Experts claim that deadly spillovers of disease between livestock and wildlife are increasing with the growth in intensive methods

‘It’s terrible - we are seeing dead carcasses all the time’, says river worker

The National Farmers' Union has said that avian flu H5N1 has been confirmed in captive birds, poultry and wild birds in England, Wales and Scotland.

The Netherlands is to cull around 102,000 chickens on a farm in the northern city of Kiel-Windeweer after the detection of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, the government said on Tuesday.

Farmers have warned there may be shortages over the festive period if the deadly disease continues to spread

Farmers are being warned about one of the worst bird flu outbreaks in UK history. Here's what you need to know about how bird flu spreads and whether you can get infected by eating cooked chicken

Europe has experienced its worst bird flu crisis ever this year with nearly 50 million poultry culled, and the persistence of the virus over the summer has raised the risk of widespread infections next season, the EU's Food Safety Agency (EFSA) said.

The current bird flu outbreak is the most severe case in UK history and farmers have advised that there could be a shortage of turkeys this Christmas.

The UK's current bird flu outbreak is the worst in history

DEFRA is facing calls to provide more protection to farmers