NEW guidelines have been introduced to control substances used on foot-and-mouth pyres.
Tyres were used on one fire at Thornton Rust, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, after an outbreak last month, prompting complaints from people with homes nearby.
But a meeting of Richmondshire District Council's foot-and-mouth working group last night was assured environmental health officers are informed in advance of pyres in infected areas - and they have a say on the materials used.
Maff and the Environment Agency recommend coal and timber.
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