THE annual meeting of the Yorkshire branch of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has been cancelled because of the foot and mouth crisis.

The meeting was to have been held on June 8 at Broughton Hall, Skipton, but an outbreak of FMD has been confirmed at Coniston Cold, which is just down the road from the hall. The meeting will not be held until September at the earliest, according to the CLA.

Updated: 09:24 Thursday, May 31, 2001