Poultry on four new farms in the UK are to be culled today as tests are carried out to establish if they have been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu found in a flock of turkeys in East Anglia.

POULTRY on four new farms are to be culled amid growing concerns last night that they could have been exposed to the deadly H5N1 bird flu that infected a flock of turkeys in East Anglia.

Farming in the UK was tonight dealt a fresh blow after vets confirmed bird flu in a flock of free-range turkeys.

The farming industry was dealt another blow tonight as a new case of bird flu was discovered in turkeys.