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12/03/2012

With around 75 percent of flowers imported to the UK, Charlotte Smith assesses the challenges the UK flower industry faces. Plus the problems farmers have with Chinese lanterns.

Saying it with British flowers - with around 75% of flowers now imported to the UK, Charlotte Smith assesses the challenges the UK's industry faces.

New figures show Campylobacter is on the rise across Europe. The bug causes hundreds of thousands of cases of illness and around 80 deaths each year in the UK. The European Food Safety Authority warns there is no sign of its growth slowing.

And Farming Today looks at the problems farmers claim Chinese lanterns are still causing.

Presenter: Charlotte Smith Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

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Mon 12 Mar 2012 05:45
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