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About one million south—east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday, august 12th. and welsh water has announced a ban covering pembrokeshire and a small part of caermarthenshire to start on august 19th. thames water, south—west water, yorkshire water and ses water say they may introduce restrictions if the weather stays dry. a significant water scarcity has been declared in central and north east fife by scotlands environmental regulator. 0ur correspondent zoe...

Have you got some water? for malcolm and gill prince, their allotment is about so much more than a place to grow vegetables and flowers. its peace, and its well—being for myself. and for malcy, i think. they used to water their veg once a week using a hose. now its all about the heavy lifting. banged my head! while they are both willing to do their bit to conserve water, gill is concerned that southern water is wasting too much water through lea ks. we report a leak and nothing is done for wee...

For the first time in 37 years, a widely-popular and well-attended food festival in Toronto will not take place this year in any form.  The annual ...

—— but that his focus is on getting his party into government. in an article in the sunday mirror, he says labour must move away from being a party of protest, so it can win power and hand it to working people. sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picket line during the rail strike. the uk met office says the first 6 months of the year in england were the driest since 1976 and it means farmers up and down the country are facing problem...

The safety of people on earth. the uk met office says the first 6 months of the year in england were the driest since 1976 and it means farmers up and down the country are facing problems with their crops. the national drought group is considering tough restrictions. paul murphy reports. they are half the size and there are half as many. andrew brantons potato crop has been hit hard by the driest growing season in more than a0 years. by the time youve peeled it or done anything to prepare it, yo...

Problems with their crops. the national drought group is considering tough restrictions. paul murphy reports. they are half the size and there are half as many. andrew brantons potato crop has been hit hard by the driest growing season in more than a0 years. by the time youve peeled it or done anything to prepare it, you wont have much left. this corner of england supplies veg to the nation. but andrew says this years harvest is nothing less than a disaster. theres just no way that crops in the ...

My husband is a labourer. we cannot afford to live on his small salary. food prices went up by 80% injune. basic fruit and veg is becoming a luxury. normally, a market like this in colombo would be packed on a weekend afternoon. but traders here say that people cant afford the fuel to get here, nor can they afford the prices once they arrive. just to give you an idea, when i started covering this crisis in april, the price of a small apple like this had already tripled since the start of the yea...

And replaced that with turkey. this wholesaler down the road supplies the plymouth school caterers. rising fuel costs are just one of their headaches. they have faced sudden shortages of some fruit and veg. and the war in ukraine has made prices unpredictable. since january, we have never, anybody in this trade has never experienced what we have saw over the last few months. luckily now, things are levelling out on the produce side, due to the fact a lot of it is local coming through and english...

9% average for inflation. so whats driving that? a whole range of things from machinery hire, transport costs, shortage of labour and seasonal workers, but also the cost of things like food, fuel, energy, fertiliser as well. this is all meaning its becoming increasingly difficult to stay in the business. those that are toughing it out, arable farmers, so theyre producing crops — wheat and the like, but also things like fruit and veg, theyre saying, one in three, are saying theyre actually cutt...

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