HISTORICAL FACTS: Nick marston - The Untold Story

Top of the crops: record heatwaves help deliver bumper UK berry harvest

Investment in climate-resilient irrigation enables this year’s haul to rise 6% on 2025’s already bigger-than-usual yield

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

‘Excellent size’: UK blueberry crop up nearly a quarter after warm spring

New technology also helps fruit yield, while strawberry, raspberry and blackberry output has risen

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025

‘Too big to fit in your mouth’: sunny spring delivers crop of ‘giant’ UK strawberries

‘Perfect’ weather conditions produce berries that growers say are between 10% and 20% bigger than usual

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2025

Four berry sweet recipes that go beyond strawberries and cream

The miserable spring weather has paid off in the form of bigger, juicier and sweeter strawberries. Take advantage of the bumper season with these delicious recipes, says Hannah Twiggs

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

British strawberries bigger and sweeter after cool spring and recent warmth

British Berry Growers said the cooler spring had resulted in slower ripening, with fruit arriving on shop shelves around a month later than last year.

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

Leeds NHS worker's 'built up ear wax' was actually brain tumour at 25

He is now cycling through seven different countries to raise money for those suffering with tumours

Leeds Live · Apr 11, 2022