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Dairy farmers face ruin as thousands confront a collapse in milk prices meaning they are getting just 15p a litre and cannot cover their costs A litre of milk costs 25p to produce but farmers are making only 15p per litre Farmers throw away litres of milk because food and coffee shops have closed This … Read more
More than 7,000 years ago ancient Britons were among the first to star farming cows for their milk, a study of pottery fragments has revealed. Scientists from the University of York tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming in prehistoric Europe over about 1,500 years. The York team examined the molecular remains of … Read more
Lost diary reveals extraordinary story of Bletchley Park codebreaker’s broken romance with German divorcee whose three Nazi sons fought for Hitler Becky Edmunds found John Richard Perceval’s diaries covering 1925 to 1976 Perceval was on a team that cracked Germany’s Enigma code at Bletchley Park He was in love with a German woman whose sons fought … Read more
Early this week, around 300 of the country’s dairy farmers received an unwelcome letter from a businessman they have perhaps unfairly nicknamed ‘Fat Bob’. His real name is Balvinder Nijjar, and he’s the 49-year-old managing director of a sprawling web of milk companies with headquarters on an industrial estate in Acton, West London. From here, … Read more
Down the drain: Dairy farmers share stories of their ‘utter desperation’ over the scandal of wasted milk following coronavirus shutdown of coffee shops Farmers usually reliant on coffee shops and airlines have poured milk away Farmers have been told the price of milk was going to be cut by 2 pence a litre Rules prevent … Read more
Neolithic ‘dirty dishes’ dug up in Shoreditch were used by London’s earliest East Enders who feasted on goat, beef, lamb and dairy products 5,600 years ago. Researchers used a groundbreaking new carbon dating technique to analyse traces of foods from pottery dug up on Shoreditch High Street, in the east of London. Scientists say that the Neolithic … Read more
‘Unscrupulous’ eBay users are attempting to exploit desperate shoppers in the midst of the coronavirus crisis by selling out-of-stock essentials for more than ten times their shop price. One user of the online market place listed a 1kg bag of self-raising flour for a whopping £14.99, before slapping on an extra £6.99 in post and … Read more
But what will it be called? Cadbury owners are planning to launch vegan-friendly version of classic Dairy Milk chocolate bar Mondelez has apparently been testing a recipe for a milk-free bar for two years Chocolate maker planned to launch product last month to tie in with Veganuary But it has yet to find a dairy … Read more
Eating cheese, yoghurt and milk can cut the risk of suffering a stroke by up to ten per cent, new research suggests Research suggests consuming more dairy products cuts stroke risk in later life Study shows 200g of fruit and vegetables a day cut ischaemic stroke risk by 13% Those who ate more eggs were … Read more