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Tue 01 Jan 2002Britain officially free of foot-and-mouth diseaseBritain is spending its first day officially free of foot-and-mouth 11 months after the disease first crippled the countryside.The removal of "at risk" status from Northumberland is another step in Britain being declared officially clear of the disease by the international community.