• Livestock shipments from the West Sussex port of Shoreham
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
are to end in a month, following the port authority's refusal to renew the exporter's three-month contract. At BrightP lingsea, three ships carrying a f total of 6,000 sheep left the port despite the protests of local people. Riot police were called in on Wednesday 18 January and after lengthy delays, the trucks got through. So far more than 50 arrests have been made during the attempted blockade: policing is said to be costing 140,000 per day. Ernest Oliver, the owner of the wharf, is under police protection after an attack on his home on Monday (23 January). He says he has had enough and will put the site up for sale but he will fulfill his livestock export contract.
D Agriculture minister William Waldegrave says he has won broad agreement in Europe to end the veal crate system at the centre of the livestock dispute.