DISCUSSIONS take place today on setting up a disinfection point on the A66 corridor, to stop the disease advancing into County Durham.
Dales farmers are nervously watching the spread of the disease in the Kirkby Stephen area of Cumbria - ever nearer to the counties' border.
A meeting is due to be held to discuss whether to put up a disinfection point on the A66, which is the main route over the North Pennines.
Teesdale District Council, the National Farmers' Union (NFU), police and other representatives will meet Durham County Council highways department to discuss the possibility.
Teesdale councillor and NFU representative Richard Betton is calling for stricter controls on roads, with inspection papers and vehicle cleansing.
The nearest infected premises to the Durham border is at Palliard, Kirkby Stephen, where farmer William Steele is fighting to save his livestock on the 3,000- acre East Stainmore Common, which spans the border.
Mr Steele said the animals are one-and-a-half miles away from infected stock and will fight any attempt to cull them. He has already contacted a solicitor to fight his case.
No new cases of the disease were recorded yesterday
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