BEEF EXPORT BAN: EU talks/Slaughter plan

BEEF EXPORT BAN: EU talks/Slaughter plan; ENGLAND Gloucs Chippenham TGV Farm MS Herd of cattle inside pen on farm LACMS Cow MS Farmer CMS Cow BV Farmer tending cattle INT CMS Graeme Denton (Farmer) intvwd SOT -No point in raising cattle if we can't sell them CMS Caller outside ring at cattle market CMS Faces of farmers and cattle buyers CMS Small breeding calf in ring as auctioneer looks on CMS Cattle dealer Bernard Hendy intvwd SOT -On a day like this I would spend all my time in the ring normally/ 300 cows a day/ now the market has collapsed LACMS Auctioneer GV Deserted cattle auction room CMS Empty stools CMS Microphone on stool GV Deserted cattle auction room TRACK L-R CMS Peter Kingwill (Chippenham Market Auctioneer) intvwd SOT -I feel very empty/ this has never happened before EXT GV Deserted cattle pens GV Ditto TRACK FORWARD CMS Liz Self (Booking clerk) along through deserted cattle pens TRACK BACK CMS Ditto TGV Deserted cattle pens CMS Liz Self (Booking clerk) intvwd SOT -We are casually employed/ the 7 or 8 other people working with me have gone/ a major crisis BV Farmer closes gate to cattle truck MS Ditto GV Deserted cattle pens CMS John Handy (Haulier) intvwd SOT -I'm not doing any business CMS Handle of Handy's truck PULL OUT as Handy into driving seat CMS Handy in driving seat MS Handy's lorry along PAN L-R CMS Sticker on counter of deserted butcher's shop PULL OUT EXT CMS Sillem i/c SOT MS Pigs in mud MS Ditto CMS Charles Ledgerwood (Pig Farmer) intvwd SOT -Some pig farmers will benefit in the short term but in the long term we don't want to see beef sales collapse INT Bath CMS Telephone ringing and being picked up in Samaritans office CMS Man talking on phone (not heard) CMS Woman working in office CS Front of Samaritans literature on desk EXT CMS Edward james (Bath and District Samaritans) intvwd SOT -The latest crisis could be the last straw for many ...