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East Anglia

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Population2. 492
Points of interest The Broads
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Colleges and universities University of East Anglia
Clubs and Teams Norwich City F. C.
Milton Keynes Dons F. C.
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About East Anglia


East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area included has varied but the legally defined NUTS 2 statistical unit comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, including the City of Peterborough unitary authority area.

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting'

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... " In East Anglia we use 8% of the power that is produced in the region - most of it goes to London and the South-East - so it s really unfair to see our area trashed when there is a better way of doing things...

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I teach it'

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I teach it'
Nov 23,2023 9:11 pm

... It was a controversy involving research from the University of East Anglia...

Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests

Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests
Nov 9,2023 11:41 am

... " Our research highlights that extratropical forests are vulnerable to the combined effects of a warmer, drier climate and a heightened likelihood of ignitions by lightning strikes, " said Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia...

Stephen Hawking daughter tells school pupils to 'make world better'

Stephen Hawking daughter tells school pupils to 'make world better'
Nov 2,2023 3:21 am

... She was joined by former England rugby international Prof Mark Bailey, who is an academic in late medieval history at the University of East Anglia in Norwich...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Roads flooded in amber rain warning

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Oct 25,2023 3:11 am

... It also moved it south in the South East, removing most of East Anglia from the warning area...

Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre

Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre
Oct 4,2023 9:31 pm

... Michael Dobson, director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, says: " The uncovering of the actual boards really trodden by Shakespeare s troupe during their tours of East Anglia should be far more significant to archaeologists of the Elizabethan theatre than is the conjectural replica of the Globe theatre erected near the real, long-demolished Globe s foundations in central London in the 1990s...

Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew

Tea purists divided over new 60-second brew
Sep 14,2023 11:31 am

... But Andrew Mayes, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of East Anglia, told the BBC the best advice for those concerned by that issue would be to opt for loose leaf tea...

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case

Gboyega Odubanjo: Multiple lines of inquiry in poet case
Sep 2,2023 2:41 am

... He had been studying for a PhD in creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire and had previously attended the University of East Anglia...

Superbug fight 'needs farmers to reduce antibiotic use'

Aug 24,2023 10:01 am

By Claire Marshall & Malcolm PriorRural Affairs Team, BBC News

Health and animal welfare campaigners concerned about the spread of superbugs in humans are calling for a ban on the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals.

They say routinely using antibiotics in livestock can lead to bacteria becoming resistant and such 'superbugs' could spread to humans.

Sample tests They carried out in rivers near farms, in slurry and in chicken litter found resistant bacteria.

The government said it is considering new restrictions on antibiotic use.

A spokesperson from The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said: " We do not support routine preventative use of antibiotics in animals - They should not compensate for poor husbandry practices and we will continue to look into strengthening legislation in this area. "

The National Farmers Union said UK farming was " a leader when It Comes to the responsible use of antibiotics".

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been described by The World Health Organisation as

The overuse of antibiotics, in both human medicine and agriculture, has seen them become less effective and led to The Rise of 'superbugs' - strains of bacteria that can no longer be treated by certain drugs.

The latest data published by the UK Health Security Agency shows that the estimated total number of serious antibiotic resistant infections in England rose by 2. 2% in 2021 compared to 2020, from 52,842 to 53,985.

Researchers for The Alliance to Save our Antibiotics and World Animal Protection carried out tests for superbugs in rivers alongside a dozen intensive and higher-welfare pig and poultry farms in Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Devon, Norfolk and the Wye Valley and in the slurry from four intensive dairy farms and in one chicken litter sample.

Environmental impacts

They said They found a range of antibiotic-resistant genes and resistant strains of bacteria, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).

They said higher levels of at least one type of resistance were found downstream of five of out eight intensive farms. None of The Four higher welfare outdoor pig or chicken farms tested had higher levels of any type of resistance downstream than was found upstream, according to The Report .

" Overall, our findings suggest that factory farms are likely to be discharging resistance genes and superbugs into public waterways, " concluded The Report , which was drawn up with and the.

Intensive 'factory' farming methods have been blamed for contributing to The Rise in AMR, with claims that a high number of animals kept closely together can be a Breeding Ground for disease and can lead to antibiotics being given to whole herds or flocks simply to keep illness at bay.

Cóilín Nunan, scientific adviser to The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, said that higher-welfare farming methods were needed to keep The Risk of illness and antibiotic use down.

" Most antibiotics taken by people or animals are excreted, along with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. When manure or slurry is spread on land, this increases The Number of resistant bacteria in soils and water, " He Said .

" The Best way to reduce farming's impact is to make large cuts to antibiotic use, and this means keeping animals in healthier conditions so They rarely need medication. "

Professor Isabelle Durance, director of the Cardiff Water Research Institute , who was not involved in the study, told The Bbc , and that could come from farming.

" We know that with faecal material from agricultural production, there is an amount that enters wastewater. You can have perfectly healthy chickens with bacteria that have antimicrobial resistance. As soon as there is faecal material in water bodies there will be anti-microbial resistant bacteria, " she explained.

But she warned it was " extremely difficult" to link the bacteria in rivers to a specific source.

Peter Greig, the co-founder of Pipers Farm , oversees 45 higher-welfare outdoor farms across Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Wales and East Anglia which, he says, only use antibiotics when sick animals are in need and not as a routine preventative measure.

Mr Greig said he was not surprised by The Report 's findings: " It's a no-brainer. The excreta which comes out of an industrial pig or poultry environment is then spread so that it feeds into the groundwater and into the rivers. That causes a major disruption to The Balance of nature. "

In January, the treatments of groups of animals in order to tackle the overuse, and inappropriate use, of the medicines.

The government had supported a ban in 2018 but has yet to carry out The Public consultation it said it would.

Defra said proposed changes to existing regulations on antibiotic use on farms would be put out for public consultation " in due course".

Meanwhile, published earlier this month, showed sales of antibiotics for use in livestock had reduced by 55% since 2014.

Cat McLaughlin, of The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance, said livestock farmers were continuing to " make positive progress on antibiotic use reduction targets".

But she added: " We must remember that antibiotics are important tools that the veterinary sector needs at its disposal to protect animal health and welfare against disease Challenges . '



Source of news: bbc.com

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