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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 on Chahi Ariel’s ...

17 Feb 2022 at 18:25

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% ...

10 May 2022 at 11:25

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 think ...

29 Jun 2023 at 08:00

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 means only fewer than one in ...

13 Apr 2023 at 10:22

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 ...

19 Apr 2024 at 10:38

Man killed and 16-year-old boy injured in double stabbing near railway station

Four males have been arrested in a murder investigation after a young man and a teenager were stabbed at a railway station. A man in his 20s was confirmed dead after police officers found him at Strawberry Hill station in Twickenham, ...

09 Jan 2024 at 16:58

British strawberries delayed but will be ‘worth the wait’, say producers

The wet, dark winter has delayed the British strawberry season by a fortnight, but the fruit will be large and juicy, according to producers. The combination of cold weather and little sunlight means that British strawberries have ...

10 May 2024 at 08:00

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, ...

22 Jul 2022 at 10:55

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 slightly ...

15 Jun 2022 at 10:11

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, will ...

16 Jun 2022 at 00:08

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 ...

31 May 2023 at 14:11

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 ...

28 Jul 2024 at 09:00

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