Business is blooming

At last, some good news from the foot-and-mouth crisis. Dundee University's botanic garden has reported a 70 per cent rise in the number of visitors since the outbreak began.

Curator Alastair Hood said: "It is great that people who usually head for the hills can still take their exercise in similar surroundings. Although these are unfortunate circumstances, many people visiting the botanic garden for the first time are enjoying the rural atmosphere that they find and will hopefully return to visit us again."