Ash tree imports banned
All imports of ash trees have been banned and walkers are being asked to take precautions to stop the disease spreading.
European disease threat to British ash trees
The Forestry Commission has said that a disease which has devastated ash trees in Europe has been found in the UK countryside.
Ash dieback had already been found in nurseries and recently planted sites including a car park, a college campus and a new woodland, but has now been found in the wider environment at sites in East Anglia.
Fears are growing that it could wreak the same kind of damage as Dutch elm disease in the 1970s.
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