Smuggling in South Armagh has been blamed in the British House of Lords for the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland.

Signs of dissent are emerging among Scottish farmers towards the pre-emptive cull of thousands of sheep.

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

Britain's farmers have been warned that the foot-and-mouth crisis is far from over and is going to last a long time.