RYEDALE Show is back. This is a boost to farmers who suffered a dreadful 2001.
But this happy announcement should not be taken as a sign that the countryside has recovered from foot and mouth disease. Far from it.
The National Farmers' Union report into the outbreak was damning of the Government, and suggested that measures to prevent such a crisis happening again were inadequate.
Only when such claims are examined and rigorously tested can rural Britain regain confidence. That is why a full public inquiry into last year's disaster is imperative.
Updated: 10:51 Tuesday, January 22, 2002
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