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UK economy saw zero growth in July
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English winemakers prosper but veg farms wilt in the drought
Just 50 miles from the thriving Somerset grapevines, in a field near Devizes, Phil Collins shows me a much sadder sight. “Six and a half thousand cauliflowers here, which have just basically cooked,” he explained. The leaves are brown and crispy. Inside there are tiny cauliflowers, brown and dried up. We walk on, through a…
