Famers and vets have heralded the potential of a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease which scientists say could be the "holy grail" of preventi...

More cases of contaminated meat may be revealed within days, the government has warned as it raised fears that an international criminal conspiracy wa...

Retailers hold the "ultimate responsibility" for making sure that horsemeat is not in their products, environment secretary Owen Paterson said on Satu...

Environment secretary Owen Paterson will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and retailers, as ministers warned...

Sainsbury's is the UK's third biggest supermarket chain and are primarily a food company - food accounts for over 70% of their sales. Yet they are keen to build over farmland at a time when people are increasingly concerned about how enough food will be produced for the growing populations of the future.

Britain is once again in the grip of flooding chaos. Following disastrous floods in 2005, 2007 and 2009, this year's heavy downpours have led to four ...

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will hold a summit today to discuss ash dieback which is threatening to devastate one of the UK's most common nati...

The British landscape could be changed forever by a deadly virus threading to wipe out Britain's ash trees - with as many as 100,000 trees already bur...

The Government's crisis committee Cobra will meet on Friday to discuss the disease threatening the UK's native ash trees. The fungal disease, which...

The badger cull is set to be delayed after questions over the cost and effectiveness of the scheme. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is expecte...

Queen guitarist Brian May has launched a campaign to stop the "indefensible" cull of badgers which has been given the go-ahead to tackle tuberculosis ...

The fate of thousands of badgers is hanging by a thread as an appeal was heard against proposals for two pilot culls on Tuesday. Mr Justice Ousele...

Fines for householders who make mistakes over putting their bins out for collection are being reduced from today. Residents will no longer face cha...

Circuses will be banned from using wild animals in their shows, the government is expected to announce on Friday. Ministers are to unveil plans in ...