CAMPAIGNERS took their fight to close a mass foot-and-mouth burial site to the polling stations in Tony Blair's constituency yesterday.
In a move to attract the Labour leader's attention, residents from Tow Law, County Durham, travelled to Trimdon to demand the closure of the Inkerman burial site. When Mr Blair failed to appear, the group returned to Tow Law to stand outside polling stations and voice their feelings.
Mother of two, Emma Nicol, said: "We even went to the Labour Club in Trimdon to see if he was there, but we have left him a leaflet."
Read more about the foot-and-mouth crisis here.
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