The foot-and-mouth strain at a Surrey farm is identical to one used at a nearby lab, Defra has confirmed.
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Nasa has launched a spacecraft on a nine-month trip to Mars, where it will search for signs of past or present life.
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Efforts have been stepped up to help millions of people affected by devastating floods across South Asia.
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The BBC’s David Sillito samples some of the acts on show at this year’s Edinburgh fringe festival.
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Teenagers left home alone during the summer holidays fear being victims of crime or bullying, a survey suggests.
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A new Turkish parliament dominated by the party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in.
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Police investigating Madeleine McCann’s disappearance have renewed their search of Robert Murat’s home.
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The prominent Pakistani opposition politician Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has been released from jail.
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