The avian influenza virus, which can devastate poultry flocks and wild bird populations, returned to Norfolk in December - with 11 cases prompting the cull of thousands of birds, mainly in the Breckland area.

The outbreak sparked the enforcement of a mandatory housing order across counties including Norfolk and Suffolk, forcing birds to be kept indoors to stop the disease spreading.

But Defra's latest scientific risk assessment says the threat has now fallen, meaning poultry and other captive birds will be........

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