A cheese-making firm is slashing prices after struggling to sell its stock during lockdown, while farmers are warning that their pigs are getting too fat to be sold to supermarkets.
The Cornish Cheese Company faces throwing away up to two tonnes of blue cheese which it has been unable to sell during the Covid shutdown.
The company sells 80 per cent of its product to the hospitality sector, which has been crippled by government curbs on movement and has been closed since early January.
But with a three-week window before the cheese goes off, the company is now slashing prices in a bid to entice online customers into buying its products direct. Cheese lovers can buy 1kg of blue cheese for £16 down from £24, 700g for £12 down from £18, and 2kg of whole blue cheese for £27 down from £35.
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After almost seven years as chief executive, Dominic Dyer has stepped down from the Badger Trust.
The animal welfare charity announced on its website that Mr Dyer left his role at the beginning of December.
The Badger Trust said he had been a “passionate and tireless” spokesman and was “highly regarded as an ambassador and champion for badgers”.
Mr Dyer said: “It’s been a huge privilege to lead the Badger Trust at such a crucial time in the debate about the future of our countryside and the protection of precious wildlife and habitats. I wish the Badger Trust every success in the future.”