Oranges are not the only fruit: Cumbrian marmalade awards offer unusual blends
Winning Japanese preserve features pear and yuzu, while entry in ‘interesting additions’ includes peanut butter Marmalade was never really my jam, but at the world...
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Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK’s biggest such development “Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya...
Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show
Newly released files show proposals to divert £2m – earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa – to fund scheme Tony Blair’s government discussed diverting £2m...
Stephen Lawrence’s father says he was not told son’s body was being exhumed
Neville Lawrence says he learned of plans to return remains to UK after he saw video of damaged grave in Jamaica Stephen Lawrence’s father has...
Stephen Lawrence’s body to be returned to UK 31 years after murder
Doreen Lawrence announces son’s body has been exhumed in Jamaica, after photos of open grave posted online Stephen Lawrence’s body will be returned to the...
Indonesians who paid thousands to work on UK farm sacked within weeks
Exclusive: Several sent home for slow fruit picking face debts as watchdog investigates alleged illegal fees Indonesian workers who paid thousands of pounds to travel...
Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale
MP says trade in remains is ‘gross violation of human dignity’, as skulls from Pitt Rivers collection removed An auction house has withdrawn 18 ancient...
Ethiopian government tries to stop UK auction of looted Maqdala shield
Proposed sale of Abyssinian artefact taken during 1868 battle triggers appeal for restitution of ‘wrongfully acquired’ item The Ethiopian government has called the auction of...
UK couple on holiday in Egypt died of carbon monoxide poisoning, coroner rules
Susan and John Cooper, from Burnley, fell ill after hotel room next door was sprayed for bed bug infestation A woman whose parents were killed...
