A vet from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food sprays sheep after slaughtering on a farm at Thornby, nr Wigton in Cumbria, which has been named as the 1,000th case of foot and mouth in Great Britain. * There has also been one further case in Northern Ireland. Evidence that the crisis may have turned a corner was delivered to Prime Minister Tony Blair at Downing Street earlier by the chief scientific adviser Professor David King. Earlier projections that the outbreak would spiral to more than 4,400 cases by June 2001 have now been revised down.

A vet from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food sprays sheep after slaughtering on a farm at Thornby, nr Wigton in Cumbria, which has been named as the 1,000th case of foot and mouth in Great Britain. * There has also been one further case in Northern Ireland. Evidence that the crisis may have turned a corner was delivered to Prime Minister Tony Blair at Downing Street earlier by the chief scientific adviser Professor David King. Earlier projections that the outbreak would spiral to more than 4,400 cases by June 2001 have now been revised down. Stock Photo

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A vet from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food sprays sheep after slaughtering on a farm at Thornby, nr Wigton in Cumbria, which has been named as the 1, 000th case of foot and mouth in Great Britain. * There has also been one further case in Northern Ireland. Evidence that the crisis may have turned a corner was delivered to Prime Minister Tony Blair at Downing Street earlier by the chief scientific adviser Professor David King. Earlier projections that the outbreak would spiral to more than 4, 400 cases by June 2001 have now been revised down.

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