The QT

Sunday 19 May 2024
19/05/2024

Horticulture

Cultivating an award winning career

Talented gardener, Lucy Whitehead is hoping it will be a case of third time’s a charm when she heads down to the grand final of a national competition in London next month (May). The 26-year-old from Whitley Bay will represent the Northern category for the third year running after being named the region’s Young Horticulturist …

Duchess frustrated by 10-year cocaine problem

The prevalence of drugs in society is never far from the headlines. But for Duchess of Northumberland, Jane Percy, securing coca seeds — known for its psychoactive alkaloid cocaine — has proved more difficult than she was anticipating. Having received special approval from the British Government to grow some of nature’s deadliest plants within The …

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