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A £650,000 closed circuit TV scheme to fight crime comes a step closer.


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Children from a local school are to appear oh “Songs of


' burn’Auction Mart could be the site for a secondary school have been denied.


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Claim that foot and


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AS the foot and mouth culling was stepped up this week, more and more people are asking. “Is the slaughter of our farm animals, really


necessary*?” But the new Government department heading up the


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battle against the disease is determined to continue


stand how this disease 'jumped' nearly three kilo­


with the slaughter policy, a spokesman confirmed yes-. terday.-


animals stood testimony this week to the greatest tragedy ever to hit British


Meanwhile, piles of dead ,


farming.On Tuesday, a Lan­ cashire county councillor demanded an end to the culling policy and the intro­ duction of vaccination


instead.A n d , as people were ques­


tioning whether the mass slaughter of stock and the consequent decimation of


farmers' lives was the cor­ rect policy, one Ribble Val­ ley farmer suggested the disease was being intro­ duced into the countryside


deliberately. The Bristol family farm


at West Bradford lost its 55- strong milking herd of pedi­ gree Fnesians, its 10U young stock and 100 sheep and lambs when MAFF vets found evidence of foot and mouth'and ordered a


cull on Sunday. All the animals on six


neighbouring farms were


also slaughtered. Mr Andrew Bristol, who


farms Whittaker's Farm with his father, Mr Bryan Bristol, said: "I can't under­


metres and hit me. We are out of th e way h e re . W e a r e hidden a mile off the main road. There are not a lot ot comings and goings. All i can think of is th a t it is being deliberately intro­


duced."Of course I can't prove it, but more and more farm­ ers are wondering whether some lunatic wants to see the back of British farming. "Nobody has a clue where


it is coming from. My neighbour, nearly three kilometres away was just as baffled as I am. His animals were all inside, but they still caught it. The experts tell us this disease can only travel 200 yards or so in the


air. "Everything that nas ,


come on or off our farm has been disinfected. We could­ n't have done anything more. I was almost para­ noid about it. I have tried my level best for 12 weeks -


then it has got me. "Some people have sug­


gested it is being spread by wildlife, but I can't help thinking it might be wildlife on two legs. I am not ruling anything out. I mean, how did it jump from here over


3ristol, said: "I can't under- "On in d ay mgn, —


to Bamoldswick? "On Friday night I was


milking .my cows and they were all fit and healthy. The next day they had foot and


mouth. "There was 80 years ol


sheep breeding started by my great-grandfather gone


in just 25 minutes. "I have lost my livelihood


traught.


and so have six of my neigh­ bours. We are all dis­


"This whole devastating thing is totally unnecessary and MAFF don't seem to


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wnau yyc — can’t tell us. They are run­ ning round like headless


chickens.” he added. Father-of-two Mr Bristol


(42) said: "I have been a busy man all my life. Now I have got nothing to get up


for." He and other farmers are


also worried about what is happening to their land


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more coverage of the crisis on page 3


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1 Wind", produced by Richard Attenborough in 1961.


the British film "Whistle Down the • ,


Now the village is bracing itself


for the arrival of BBC cameras. The team is expected to spend eight weeks in Downham later this


I summer making what could end up as BBC's Sunday evening prime-


time drama. The BBC in London was unable to provide details of the project, except to say that Lord Clitheroe had given permission for filming to take place in his home


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. miles from "Heart of the Matter , the regular Sunday evening offering


village.But the working title gives some clue about the target of theprojwt "Heart of the. Valley", the BBC provisional title, is not amdhm


from ITV• A spokesman said although flip- ing was due to start soon, casting had not taken place and the drama


had not been scheduled.


day evening as a rival to "Heart of t h e M a t t e r " and "Heartbeat . Downham Parish Council has


been told that filming is to take place in Downham and that there


is'likely to be some disruption


^The last time the cameras were in the Downham area it caused


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local schoolchildren. The feature film took four weeks


to make and cost £140^000. The 2001 filming in Downham is


expected to run into six figures and generate much-needed revenue in


an area close to the heart of the lat­ est foot and mouth outbreak. One villager said: "I hope when


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