Dairy protests, rural health, Spanish slugs

Dairy farmers have held their first protest meeting outside a milk processing company in response to falling milk prices. The campaign group Farmers for Action says that the money they are being paid is less than the cost of production, which is around 30 pence per litre. We hear from one dairy farmer who has decided to give up the business and sell all 90 cows.

A charity in Scotland is providing emergency equipment to health workers in rural areas. The Sandpiper Trust says the kits can save lives, as it can take emergency services some time to reach patients in the most remote areas.

And farmers are being urged to report sightings of the invasive Spanish slug which is causing problems in some Eastern areas of the country. A new website, Slugwatch, has been launched to help people identify the pest, which was first identified a year ago.