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SCOTTISH soft fruit is being left to rot on bushes and growers are being forced by supermarkets to absorb Brexit-related costs – which may force…

I’VE been sent north to Holyrood to work at the heart of the SNP war machine as a Boris Johnson sleeper. My mission? To provide intelligence…

PEOPLE across Scotland are noticing gaps in the fruit and vegetable displays at supermarkets and a decline in quality with some items past their best by the time they arrive. Pre-Brexit, fruit and veg were in the shops within five days of being harvested in Spain, France or Italy. Now the process takes up to two weeks, explained greengrocer James Welby of Tattie Shaw’s on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk. He said: “Excuse my French – but it is a shitshow. It is probably a combination of Brexit and Covid but the produce is taking much longer to get here than it used to and it often isn’t...

By Ian McConnell

Drum Property Group’s vision for the long-awaited redevelopment of a key development site in Scotland's capital is to become a reality.