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A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham
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A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham

A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city childrenKilos and kilos of courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and salad leaves are ripe and ready for...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Sour times: pickled onions enjoy revival as Britons think outside the jar
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Sour times: pickled onions enjoy revival as Britons think outside the jar

With sales up 12%, pickles are moving beyond traditional role as a side to become an ingredient in their own rightThe humble pickled onion, long associated with classic pub culture, the ploughman’s lu...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
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Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is

Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by consumer group Which?If you’ve recently opened a tin of mackerel and thought there was something fish...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
English winemakers expect ‘vintage year’ after record-breaking summer heat
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English winemakers expect ‘vintage year’ after record-breaking summer heat

Hot weather means sweeter grapes, but outlook gloomier for beermakers, as drought diminishes barley harvestEnglish sparkling winemakers expect their earliest grape harvest and a “vintage year” after a...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Schools in England face checks to root out unhealthy lunches
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Schools in England face checks to root out unhealthy lunches

Ministers draw up inspection regime to enforce rules limiting sugar, fat and saltSchools could be reprimanded if they serve food containing too much fat, salt or sugar under new checks to ensure pupil...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Thieves steal more than 70,000 pints’ worth of Guinness from depot in Cheshire
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Thieves steal more than 70,000 pints’ worth of Guinness from depot in Cheshire

Police say two lorries were driven into industrial estate in Runcorn and attached to trailers holding about 800 barrelsThe famous tagline “Guinness is good for you” applies only when the drink is boug...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Swinney sticks with pledge to cap prices on basic foods in Scotland
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Swinney sticks with pledge to cap prices on basic foods in Scotland

First minister sets out his government’s agenda and defends policy described by industry groups as a ‘potty gimmick’John Swinney insisted on Tuesday he still planned to introduce a legally binding pri...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’
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From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’

Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areasFizzy drinks, packets of crisps and bars of chocolate: for decades, vending machines were known...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Salmonella cases in UK likely to rise until source of outbreak is found
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Salmonella cases in UK likely to rise until source of outbreak is found

Experts say imported eggs served in cafes and restaurants may be behind hundreds of infections and one deathSalmonella cases in the UK are expected to rise until the common source is identified, somet...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Fair pay, service charges and the pressure to tip | Letters
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Fair pay, service charges and the pressure to tip | Letters

Readers react to an article by Emine Saner about the arrival of US-style tipping culture in British restaurants and barsArticles comparing tipping culture in the UK to that in the US (‘It’s absolutely...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
UK urged to ban imports of Brazilian meat over health concerns
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UK urged to ban imports of Brazilian meat over health concerns

Brazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farmingThe UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘Why did it become personal?’: furore over plans to expand Kent oyster shack
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‘Why did it become personal?’: furore over plans to expand Kent oyster shack

James Green’s oyster company owns a chunk of Whitstable’s shoreline but success has not brought affection from residentsThe clink of glasses and the lapping of the tide was punctuated by giggling todd...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Top chefs find grouse in short supply as wildfires add to heat over shoots
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Top chefs find grouse in short supply as wildfires add to heat over shoots

As London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be ‘playground for bloodsports’Every year on 12 August, fans of traditional British cuisine flo...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
All-British chocolate bar made by scientists using Reading-grown cocoa
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All-British chocolate bar made by scientists using Reading-grown cocoa

Master’s student made first bar with 100% UK ingredients since 1932 to highlight effect of climate crisis on cocoa plantsThe late queen was the only person in history to have ever eaten a chocolate ba...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Digne completes move to PSG from Aston Villa
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Digne completes move to PSG from Aston Villa

France international Lucas Digne has completed his move from Aston Villa to European champions Paris St-Germain.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
Sweet, soft and playful: TikTok turns Japanese milk bread into UK’s latest food craze
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Sweet, soft and playful: TikTok turns Japanese milk bread into UK’s latest food craze

Shokupan, fresh fruit sandwiches and soufflé pancakes are part of a growing interest in east Asian cuisine Golden brown and glistening with melted butter, a tray of freshly baked bread fills the scree...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Scottish exam pass rates rise as students find out results
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Scottish exam pass rates rise as students find out results

More than 148,000 learners across the country received their results as details of this year's pass rates were published.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
'Give us a chance to fight' - tearful Goodburn urges PM to boost cancer funding
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'Give us a chance to fight' - tearful Goodburn urges PM to boost cancer funding

Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn's implores Prime Minister Andy Burnham to invest more money and resources into brain cancer research.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
'I did my first book signing in a police custody suite'
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'I did my first book signing in a police custody suite'

The Northern Irish author has sold more than five million books globally and been translated into 40 languages

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
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Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggestsOrganic eggs are twice as bad for the climate as eggs from chickens livi...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago