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Tesco accepting smaller vegetables from flood-hit farmers

Joe Gidden/PA Swathes of Lincolnshire farmland have been hit by flooding this month A supermarket chain is temporarily accepting some smaller-than-usual vegetables from flood-hit farmers. One business which reported sprouts growing underwater due to flooding said it was a race against the clock to pull vegetables from the ground before they rotted. A relaxation on […]

Millions of plastic pellets wash up on coast

Reuters The Galicia region is worst hit so far but the pellets have spread to Asturias too Communities along the coast of northern Spain fear an environmental disaster as millions of tiny plastic pellets wash ashore after falling from a ship. More than 1,000 sacks of pellets, known as nurdles, are believed to have fallen […]

Newcastle-under-Lyme warehouse to create 250 new jobs

Louise Hancock BBC News, West Midlands Boughey Distribution The 332,000 sq ft site will help expand capacity More than 200 new jobs will be created by a logistics firm after its purchase of a new warehouse. Boughey Distribution said the 332,000 sq ft site at Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, would help expand its capacity. The […]

Voters feel better about the economy. Will it help Biden?

Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York BBC Nancy Pontius says she is not worried about the “big picture economy” Nancy Pontius is ready to share an unpopular view: she doesn’t think inflation is a major issue, and says concerns about the economy won’t influence her vote in November’s election. But that’s not because the 36-year-old […]

Bangladesh fishermen missing after storm

EPA Cyclone Mora brought heavy rain and powerful winds to parts of Bangladesh on Tuesday The Bangladeshi navy says it is searching for dozens of fishermen still missing after a powerful storm. Cyclone Mora, which brought high winds and torrential rain, killed seven people and destroyed thousands of homes when it hit on Tuesday. The […]

How a 12-year-old boy made vanilla a global spice

Olga Yastremska/Alamy Only 1% of the market is served by natural vanilla (Credit: Olga Yastremska/Alamy) Without the discovery of hand-pollination by an enslaved boy 180 years ago, this beloved spice might never have thrived outside of Mexico. The story of vanilla, as with most truly international crops, criss-crosses a world atlas. But vanilla did not […]

Backlash as workers’ rights left out of Queen’s Speech

Getty Images An employment bill had been expected to allow workers to keep all their tips The omission of measures to improve workers’ rights from the Queen’s Speech has been criticised. Unions accused the government of “turning its back” on workers while industry groups said they were disappointed the bill had been omitted. Flexible working […]

How French winemakers outwitted the Nazis

Alamy (Credit: Alamy) From hiding their best bottles to providing secret intel to Allied forces, French winemakers played an essential role in the French Resistance, which helped pave the way for D-Day. While Adolf Hitler wasn’t a wine drinker, his top guns definitely were. In fact, Luftwaffe commander-in-chief Hermann Göring, foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop […]

Where Ozzy, Oasis, Queen and Coldplay took off

Peter Shuttleworth BBC Wales News BBC “Musical Hogwarts” is how Chris Martin describes it. To Liam Gallagher it’s the “Big Brother House with tunes”, but for Ozzy Osbourne it’s the birthplace of heavy metal. It’s where Oasis created their masterpieces, where Bohemian Rhapsody came to life and where Coldplay’s journey into the musical stratosphere took […]