Dustbowl Britain facing 'worst food security crisis in decades' and risk of empty shelves

Analysts says the drought gripping most of the England and Wales has exposed the need to 'structurally increase self-sufficiency' when it comes to where our food comes from

It comes as drought is declared in nearly three quarters of England

When I look out of the window of my farmhouse in Wiltshire, all I can see is a giant biscuit-coloured dustbowl. In a quarter of a century of working this land, I've never known conditions like it.

UK farmers have warned that food shortages are likely following ‘very poor’ crop yields caused by droughts. Plus: Student loan holders face a ‘ticking timebomb’ of debt and higher taxes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weighs in on Woke 1.0, and several football federations are calling for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to r

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Paul Maguire/Shutterstock The UK is in the grip of a severe drought. England and Wales received only 9-10% of their normal rainfall in July, and for England it was the driest July since records began in 1836. A fifth heatwave has just been forecast. This is the shape of things to come and is what climate scientists hav