Case of bird flu at poultry site is county's 10th

A case of bird flu has been found at a large commercial poultry site near Mundford

A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a large commercial poultry site in Norfolk, the tenth in the county so far this season.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the H5N1 virus was found at a premises near Mundford near Thetford on Sunday.

It is the second case at a premises in Mundford, with the first confirmed on Tuesday.

Defra has established a 3-km (1.9-mile) protection zone and a 10-km (six-mile) surveillance zone around the affected site, and said all poultry at the Mundford premises would be humanely culled.

Six sites have also been affected in Suffolk and one in Cambridgeshire, bringing the total number of cases since September in the East of England to 17.