Arrivederci Solare! Italy Pushes To Cut Solar Subsidies

Italy cutting subsidies to the ugly and expensive

Italy is about to join the growing list of European countries cutting back subsidies to solar and wind energy, so reports the online Berlin TAZ.

BBC News - Frosts wreck Lincolnshire cauliflower harvest

Farmers in Lincolnshire have claimed losses to the cauliflower crop caused by severe winter weather may reach £7m.

The county usually supplies about 70% of the UK's crop from March to May, but many growers have lost up to 80% of their harvest.

The Brassica Growers Association said the situation was so bad it could foresee many farms giving up on cauliflower entirely.

It added that production may well move to milder parts of the country.