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The latest price increase, Welsh Water said, compares to an industry average hike of 26% and comes after price rises over the last 15 years that were below the rate of inflation.A protection zone to control the rise of bird flu has been lifted.

Outbreaks of the disease, Bishop Auckland, in April, with birds on the premises humanely culled.The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said a two-mile (3km) protection zone, which meant all poultry and captive birds in the area had to be housed, had now ended.

Defra said the area had now became part of a six-mile (10km) surveillance zone surrounding the premises.The zones came into force in response to increased cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, and new cases in poultry and kept birds.

Keepers in Cumbria, County Durham, Northumberland and Tyneside have had to adhere to strict biosecurity rules following the rise in cases.

The rules are an extension of housing measures already in place across parts of Yorkshire, north-west England and Northern Ireland."In my nearly 15 years of federal service, I've never seen this," he said. "The morale has just completely crashed," he said.

The tenants of The Leadmill music venue in Sheffield have applied for permission to appeal against the decision to evict them.Last month a judge ruled that the venue's owners, Electric Group, should be allowed to take over the much-loved 900-capacity building and run it themselves.

The Leadmill Ltd said it was wrong for a landlord to profit from "the tenant's hard work" and the appeal was an "important test case" for all business tenants.A Court of Appeal spokesperson said: "We are processing the application and awaiting documents before it can be referred to a judge to consider the application."