Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United States.

Poultry at a farm near Beverley will now be humanely culled and a surveillance cordon put in place.

Bird flu's H5N1 strain is causing growing concern among health experts due to its expanding host range, now including US dairy cows. The virus has spread globally, impacting millions of birds and even some mammals.