Fruit

Daily sugary fruit drink increases the risk of heart disease by 42 per cent

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SUGAR SWEETENED DRINKS  Drinking large amounts of sugar in drinks such as pop, soda and juices can lead to serious health problems, including weight gain, tooth decay and diabetes. Some drinks contain upwards of 40 grams of sugar—equivalent to about 10 teaspoons of sugar—and 200 or more calories in a 12-ounce serving. The NHS says … Read more

Merry the elephant! Eating fermented fruit gets elephant’s DRUNK

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Merry the elephant! Eating fermented fruit gets elephants DRUNK – but tiny shrews and koalas can hold their alcohol, study finds Canadian scientists discovered elephant’s lack genetic mutation called A294 V This is present in humans and other species and allows for processing of alcohol Ends a long-standing debate as to whether elephants get drunk on … Read more

Tiny ‘nanocardboard’ flyer weighing less than a fruit fly could help NASA collect samples on Mars

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A tiny ‘nanocardboard’ flyers powered by lasers and inspired by corrugated cardboard could help NASA collect evidence of life on Mars. US engineers say a fleet of the miniature aircraft could be launched from ground-based rovers and steered with light to collect chemical samples on the Red Planet. Each nanocardboard device consists of a hollow … Read more

Furloughed British workers could pick fruit and veg suggests Environment Secretary

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Minister tells furloughed workers they should get fruit-picking jobs to help farmers who are struggling to fill vacancies George Eustice expects there to be a need to recruit British harvest workers  ‘A third of the migrant labour that normally comes to the UK is here,’ he says Up to 80,000 workers, mostly from Eastern Europe, … Read more

Farm boss spent £40k flying 150 Romanian fruit pickers to UK to teach Brit land army how it’s done

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A farming boss says his company had spent £40,000 to fly 150 experienced Romanian farm workers to the UK to teach unskilled British fruit and vegetable pickers how to harvest.  Anthony Gardiner, boss at G’s Growers, says the situation was getting desperate because their regular land army of foreign workers are locked down in their … Read more

Plane carrying 150 fruit and veg pickers from Romania lands at Stansted

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The first plane carrying 150 ‘critically important’ Romanian fruit and vegetable pickers landed at Stansted this afternoon.  The young Romanians, a mix of men and women and all wearing face masks, filed out of the near empty airport in groups of five to comply with social distancing. They were then transported by buses to a … Read more

Plane full of Romanian fruit pickers will land at Stansted tomorrow to fill farm labourer vacancies

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Charter plane full of Romanian fruit pickers will land at Stansted tomorrow to fill farm labourer vacancies – despite coronavirus causing surge in UK unemployment Boeing 737 charter plane is arriving tomorrow with about 180 Romanian workers  It is believed that not enough British workers have applied for farming jobs  The charter plane is the … Read more

Bolton brothers local heroes after setting up a free fruit and veg stall for elderly neighbours

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A neighbourhood in north west England is managing to get through the coronavirus crisis thanks to the kind heart and clever planning of a young family doing their bit to supply the vulnerable. Three young boys and their parents have helped more than 50 isolated and vulnerable neighbours needing food or a friend during the … Read more

The morning shake packed with fruit and veggies that tastes like WHITE CHOCOLATE

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Celeb-approved morning shake packed with spinach, mango and oat milk tastes like WHITE CHOCOLATE – and you need just six ingredients to make it at home Celebrity stylist Angie Smith shared her recipe for a ‘fraud shake’ on Instagram Made with spinach, mango, peanut butter and oats but taste like white chocolate Rochelle Humes, Millie … Read more

How to get fab fruit at your fingertips with MONTY DON’s guide to growing your own at home 

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This is the final instalment in our essential series on growing your own produce. We’ve already covered vegetables, herbs and soft fruit, and today we turn to ‘top’ fruit. For hundreds of years an orchard was the most desirable part of any garden. Fruit was a great luxury because for almost everyone it was only … Read more