Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Residents in a Northumberland hamlet are campaigning against plans for new intensive chicken shed at a nearby farm. Well House Farm, in Colwell, has applied for planning permission to build four ...

Environmental charity River Action has launched a judicial review against Natural Resources Wales (NRW) following the regulator’s decision to approve the expansion of three intensive poultry units in ...