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Order, which applies to all captive birds, comes into force on 7 November amid country’s largest outbreak All poultry and captive birds in England will legally be required to be kept indoors from 7 November as part of measures to tackle the country’s largest outbreak of avian flu. The mandatory housing order would extend measures already in force in parts of eastern England to the whole nation, after an increase in the risk of bird flu in wild birds to “very high”, the government said. Continue reading… ​Order, which applies to all captive birds, comes into force on 7 November…

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Total savings rose by almost £5bn in September, official data shows, amid fall in mortgage approvals Households are saving more, limiting their credit card purchases and taking out fewer mortgages as they take a safety-first approach to Britain’s worsening economy. Adding to fears of recession and a period of falling house prices, figures from the Bank of England showed weaker demand for all forms of borrowing and consumers more than doubling the amount put into bank accounts in September. Continue reading… ​Total savings rose by almost £5bn in September, official data shows, amid fall in mortgage approvalsHouseholds are saving more,…

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