UK finds foot-and-mouth outbreak

Cattle in southern England were tonight found to be infected with foot-and-mouth.

A spokesman for Defra said animals on a farm near Guildford in Surrey had tested positive for the disease.

He said: “Following an investigation of suspected vesicular disease by Animal Health on a holding near Guildford in Surrey, laboratory results have this evening indicated that the Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus is present in samples from cattle on the premises.”