11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (869+ words) There will be a boost for fresh fruit and vegetables and deep-fried food will be banned in what the government has called the biggest shake-up to school dinners in England in over a decade. Under new school food standards, fibre…...

23+ hour, 10+ min ago   (202+ words) Thousands more reusable drink covers have been funded to help people protect themselves from spiking. The latest funding brought the total number of DrinkSeals ordered for Guernsey since 2024 to 7,500. The covers stretch over most glasses and cups, leaving a small…...

18+ hour, 3+ min ago   (369+ words) A summit has been held as part of a "serious attempt" to find a use for the derelict Bass Maltings complex in Sleaford. North Kesteven District Council (NKDC) said a meeting between central government and local organisations took place earlier…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (723+ words) A growing trend of supermarkets selling a cheaper, less nutritious alternative to tinned mackerel is an example of "skimpflation", a consumer group has said. Princes - which supplies major supermarkets - has substituted the fish for jack mackerel, an entirely different species…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (122+ words) Stuart Maconie is joined in the Salford studio by the food critic and broadcaster Jay Rayner, who tells us about the worst thing he's ever done for money. Helen Rebanks, author of the best-selling... Jay Rayner, Sindhu Vee, Helen Rebanks,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) The cafe's manager, Lucy Traynor is the wife of Wayne, who is also a former veteran and co-director of Getting Together After Service (GTAS) A woman has said she was inspired to run a café for veterans after witnessing the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (295+ words) Farming Today | 10/09/26 Sustainable dairy farming; Falkland salmon; tractor fuel from willow. BBC 10/09/26 Sustainable dairy farming; Falkland salmon; tractor fuel from willow. Available for 29 days UK dairy cows produce around 15 billion litres of milk every year and each litre comes with…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (525+ words) A charity-run estate has been trying to put Essex back on the brewing map by growing hops in the county for the first time in more than a century. Markshall Estate, near Coggeshall, has recreated traditional hop-growing methods from 18th and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (422+ words) Outlander star Sam Heughan has said he is "gutted" to have had to pull out of this year's Stranraer Oyster Festival. Despite the loss of a headline name, organisers of the Stranraer Oyster Festival said they remained optimistic of breaking…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (145+ words) Britain is producing less food now than 30 years ago, with lower levels of self sufficiency in 10 out of 11 key food stuffs grown by UK farmers. That’s according to a new report from the National Farmers Union which argues that food…...