The 2001 Cheltenham Festival fell to the inevitable when it was confirmed by officials that the racecourse fell within a foot-and-mouth exclusion zone.

Officials at Cheltenham racecourse are still waiting to hear from the British Horseracing Board whether the rescheduled National Hunt Festival will be allowed to go ahead.

Another new case of foot-and-mouth has been confirmed in Devon, bringing to 89 the county's total number of outbreaks.

The RSPCA says sheep are being slaughtered humanely in the mass cull in Cumbria.

A worldwide appeal for vets has gone out as the British Government announced plans for speeding up the foot-and-mouth cull.

The number of confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth in Britain has risen to 607.

If Britain fails to control foot-and-mouth, 50% of livestock will have to be destroyed, the Government's chief scientist has warned.

The Football Association and the Government have ruled out further changes to the soccer programme to help the battle against foot-and-mouth disease unless there is new advice from veterinary experts.

The British Government is denying claims it knew of the foot-and-mouth outbreak weeks before it was made public.

More British army troops are to be deployed to help with the foot-and-mouth crisis.

The number of confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth in Britain has now topped 300 as the controversy over the planned mass cull of healthy animals continues.

The mass cull of healthy animals to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease has already begun.

British farmers are bracing themselves for a mass slaughter of hundreds of thousands of healthy animals in a bid to halt the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

The number of confirmed foot-and-mouth cases in Devon has risen to 35.

The Rugby Football Union have called for Ireland's postponed Six Nations fixtures to be put off until the end of May.

Five new cases of foot and mouth have been confirmed by the British MAFF.

Soldiers could be used to cull wild animals as British Government officials continue to combat the foot and mouth outbreak.

Four more cases of foot-and-mouth have been confirmed - taking the daily total to 17 and the number of outbreaks to 181.

Farmers in Gloucestershire have began rounding up 10,000 sheep in the Forest of Dean after a second case of foot-and-mouth was confirmed in the county.

The number of foot and mouth cases has risen from 127 to 135.

British racing will resume at Lingfield Park on Wednesday, the British Horseracing Board and Jockey Club have confirmed.

The number of confirmed foot and mouth cases has risen to 69 across Britain and Northern Ireland.

A fresh case of foot and mouth disease was confirmed today in Cornwall, the county's first outbreak of the disease.

Yorkshire's first suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is being investigated at a farm north east of Leeds.

Friday's A international between England and Scotland has been switched from Newcastle to Leeds.

The Crufts dog show is to go-ahead as normal despite the foot and mouth outbreak.

An eleventh case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed at a farm in Herefordshire.

Racing's immediate future in the face of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease remains in the balance following a meeting of racing's rulers.

Another case of foot-and-mouth has been confirmed, bringing the total number in the outbreak across the country to ten.

British vets have confirmed animals slaughtered on a farm next door to the establishment suspected of being the source of the foot-and-mouth outbreak did have the infection.

A seventh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at a cattle and sheep farm in Devon has been confirmed by British Agriculture Ministry officials.

A sixth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been revealed.

British Agriculture Minister Nick Brown is expected to order a seven-day ban on all movements of livestock within Britain.

Officials believe they are closing in on the source of foot-and-mouth disease.

European Union experts are meeting to decide whether to impose an immediate ban on all livestock exports from the UK.

The abattoir at the centre of the foot-and-mouth alert says it could take weeks to find the source of the outbreak.