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of the reasons behind this... empty shelves, and limits on what we can buy in the shops. the environment secretary ended up suggesting we save our home—grown veg instead. it is important to make sure that we cherish the specialisms that we have in this country. a lot of people would be eating turnips right now. tempted by turnips? the bigger question for us this morning — can rishi sunak tempt his party and the northern irish unionists to back his likely deal? dominic raab, the pri...

its five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet theres no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action ...

Food prices have been intrinsically linked to energy costs. fertilisers, tractor fuel is linked to the cost of energy so when you have a massive spike in energy, food prices followed typically three months later. if it is a really big spike, you get supply chain shortages because everybody goes closer to the wire than they would because they cant afford things. businesses scale back production, delayed planting in greenhouses, supermarket buyers take more chances on more primitive agriculture pr...

They said the fridges are full, they cant sell it. demands completely nil at the moment. and so the lambs being sold here are going for less than a year ago, leaving farmers struggling to get by. the fertilizer has gone up 240%. thats from £250 a tonne, to 695. feed prices for animalfeed based on wheat and barley has gone up 75%. tractor fuel�*s gone up 60%. the supermarkets have had price resistance trying to maintain market share. how would you describe the mood among farmers around here at...

But many are doing their best to comply and some are innovating. this is kate halls farm in cornwall. her cows supply major supermarkets with milk and their waste, rather than a problem, its helping to power the farm. so this is our biomethane slurry lagoon. oh, my god! its pretty cool, isnt it? it looks completely alien. it does. it looks like a living creature. the first system of its kind in the country, it harvests methane gas emitted by the slurry, so it can be used as tractor fuel. but kat...

Defra says it has now stepped up farm inspections, carrying out more than 3,000 this year compared to around 700 in the whole of 2021. but many are doing their best to comply and some are innovating. this is kate hall�*s farm in cornwall. her cows supply major supermarkets with milk. and their waste, rather than a problem, it�*s helping to power the farm. the first system of its kind in the country, it harvests methane gas emitted by the slurry so it can be used as tractor fuel. but kate say...