Vegetables to get smaller and more expensive due to hot weather, farmers warn
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ByAlex DanielBusiness reporter and Esme StallardSenior climate and science reporter
This year's harvest could be the worst on record as farmers warn the exceptionally dry spring and summer could lead to "shrinkflation" in UK supermarkets.
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The yearly mild weather spell that brings Yemen’s coast back to life
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Ex-Liverpool star Mohamed Salah linked with move to Turkiye’s Trabzonspor
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Emma Lovell: Australian teen who killed UK woman has reduced sentence overturned
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