Millions of sheep, cattle and pigs from the Lake District National Park and Yorkshire Dales have been sold at the four-acre mart since 1904.

BBC: Hundred-year-old Cumbrian cattle site moves

Cattle are to be returned to a Birmingham park associated with a string of E. coli cases after they were given a clean bill of health.

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At least 40 properties have been destroyed in the national park along with farm buildings, machinery and thousands of sheep and cattle.

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The company will move to a new 13.5-acre site at Moss End Rural Business Park near junction 36 of the M6 motorway, which is capable of handling up to 1, 100 cattle or 10, 000 sheep.

BBC: Hundred-year-old Cumbrian cattle site moves