Hungary has emerged as a Dog Breeding Power in europe. In the last two years, its legally exported over 70,000 puppies within the eu. A huge network of puppy farms grew up here after the collapse of the soviet union. The system changed. The state farms and co operative farms were privatised. So, people stopped working with cows, stopped working with swine and the italian tradesmen came into hungary and saw a big business, and they started to build up a network of Puppy Producers here in hungary, and then the people, step by step, realised that they can make money on dogs instead of Keeping Swine and rabbits, and they put these animals in the place of the swine and poultry and rabbit. The industry is controlled by the government through licensing and farms are expected to conform to Animal Welfare standards but anyone can register online to be a breeder without any initial checks. This is puspokladany. This town ofjust 16,000 people has 154 registered breeders. The nebih is the Governme
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
so you can go ahead, good evening. the prime minister has said he takes extremely seriously the allegations against the former conservative peer, baroness mone. he said the government was taking legal action against the company run by her husband ppe medpro. in an interview with the bbc, michelle mone admitted lying about her links to the medical clothing company and confirmed she and her family stand to benefit from the £60 million profit made during the pandemic. the couple apologised for denying their role in the deal for more than three years. and today baroness mone has hit back at rishi sunak, saying she was honest with the government over the contracts. 0ur poltical editor chris mason is in westminster this evening. it was an extraordinary interview. you can watch or listen to yourself on the iplayer or bbc sounds. it was the story of an emergency. human foibles, taxpayers money, making money, truth and lying. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks, pers
for the first time, our world unveils a criminal underworld of puppy traders trafficking dogs across europe. they came here to resell those dogs in england. those englishmen, they also dealt in drugs. the criminals are breeding dogs in unlicensed puppy mills in hungary. these dogs suffer abuse and neglect. the dogs are sold into a vast pet trade network in western europe that handles 8 million puppies a year. many are illegally passed off as the offspring of a much loved family pet. hungary has emerged as a dog breeding power in europe. in the last two years, it s legally exported over 70,000 puppies within the eu. a huge network of puppy farms grew up here after the collapse of the soviet union. the system changed. the state farms and co operative farms were privatised. so, people stopped working with cows, stopped working with swine and the italian tradesmen came into hungary and saw a big business, and they started to build up a network of puppy producers here in hungary,