Sheep death probe calls

The Environment Agency is being urged to launch an investigation after more than 1,000 sheep died on farms in Staffordshire in last month's floods. The Environment Agency is being urged to launch an investigation after more than 1,000 sheep died on farms in Staffordshire in last month's floods. The National Farmers Union is urging the organisation to investigate after the animals died on three farms. The Agency is being urged to look at the cause of a surge of flood water which swept away the animals last month when the first major downpours hit the region. David Collier, West Midlands NFU regional director wrote a letter to his agency counterpart Mark Sitton-Kent. He referred to a 'sudden and unexpected rise in the level of flood water' on June 16 which affected farmland to the north and south of Tamworth. Read the full story in the Express & Star.