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Liverpool mayor honours legacy of John Lennon on visit to New York

The mayor of Liverpool has said he hopes to honour the legacy of John Lennon by building links with the US on a trade visit to New York. Metro mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram laid a rose at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central ...

22 Oct 2024 at 08:23

Bright weather means sweeter strawberries and 50% more than last year

The British strawberry season has arrived early, with this year’s crop sweeter and up by 50% on this time last year due to the run of bright weather, producers say. The fruit has ripened under approximately 166 hours of sunshine in April, 7% above ...

10 May 2022 at 11:25

Farmers left with glut of strawberries and cherries after heatwave growth spurt

The heatwave has left strawberry and cherry farmers with a glut of crops, forcing them to sell off the fruits cheaper than normal. The extra sunshine led to a growth spurt for both fruits across the country including in Kent, Norfolk, Lancashire, ...

22 Jul 2022 at 10:55

British strawberries bigger and sweeter after cool spring and recent warmth

The British strawberry season has arrived slightly late but the fruit will be bigger and sweeter than previous years, according to growers. British Berry Growers said the cooler spring weather had resulted in a slower ripening period, with fruit ...

31 May 2023 at 14:11

Sunshine helps grow first commercial batch of strawberries to go on sale

Higher temperatures and “enough sunshine” last week helped to deliver the first commercial batch of strawberries to hit supermarket shelves in Sussex on Wednesday. Following months of rain, temperatures in the high teens last week aided the ...

19 Apr 2024 at 10:38

Food & Drink

Chefs on the best way to eat strawberries as Wimbledon nears

With Wimbledon beginning on July 3, strawberries and cream are well and truly on the menu. And while the sweet summer berries are delicious on their own, what if you want to cook them up into something new this year? This is how chefs ...

29 Jun 2023 at 08:00

Improving weather generates abundance of strawberries for sale

A spell of warmer weather after a rainy and cloudy start to the summer has led to an unexpected surge in the quantity of strawberries becoming ready for sale, a fruit buyer has said. Some 200 tonnes of surprise strawberries from ...

28 Jul 2024 at 09:00

World

Israeli strawberry clocks in as world’s heaviest on record

After a year-long jam, a mammoth Israeli strawberry is entering the record books. Weighing a whopping 289 grams, the titanic berry this week was declared the world’s largest by Guinness World Records. The strawberry was picked ...

17 Feb 2022 at 18:25

Fine weather helps produce glut of British-grown strawberries in time for Easter

Three weeks of sunshine in the south of England have helped produce a glut of strawberries, meaning the British-grown fruit will be in supermarkets in time for Easter. West Sussex grower The Summer Berry Company, based in ...

11 Apr 2025 at 10:14

Music

Lil Wayne will not perform at UK festival after Home Office refused entry

Lil Wayne will no longer headline at Strawberries & Creem festival in Cambridge after he was banned from entering the UK at the “last minute”, event organisers have said. The Grammy-award winning American rapper, 39, ...

16 Jun 2022 at 00:08

World

Supermoon delights skygazers around the globe

From Frankfurt and New York to Istanbul and Beijing, skygazers could enjoy a beautiful supermoon rise over the horizon in an impressive astronomic spectacle. The full moon appeared bigger than normal and sometimes ...

15 Jun 2022 at 10:11

Food & Drink

What’s in season to eat this spring?

A lot of us have no idea how to eat seasonally, a new study suggests. According to research done by Ocado, 70% of Brits say they’d like to eat more seasonally, but 47% don’t know when produce is in season. This ...

13 Apr 2023 at 10:22

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