The Latest Breaking News from Defra

Residents on Lindisfarne had been on 'tenterhooks' as they awaited a decision from the government

Woman says call handler told her to bin dead birds because authorities ‘so busy’

The UK government has announced its business department will be split into separate departments for science, business and energy. The new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to give it its full name, represents the return of an energy and climate-focused department after a seven-year hiatus.

Greater Manchester has still not convinced the government that it will improve air quality enough without introducing charges

Animals are believed to have eaten dead wild birds that were infected with the virus

Defra is being challenged by loyalist activist Jamie Bryson on legislation meant to ease the building of border control posts at North Irish ports.

The Real Bread campaign group has been waging war againt the naming of 'half and half' loaves.

The Real Bread Campaign is asking them to review the marketing saying by law the word wholemeal ''can only be used in a product name or marketing if all of the flour in that product is wholemeal''.

Iceland is said to have already made changes, with other supermarkets possibly following suit in the future