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Scorching heat is also threatening winter staples such as wheat, chickpea and rapeseed.

Sports Group has the Rekortan brand, which has a surface made from a polyurethane derived from canola and rapeseed oils.

She knew every inch of it by heart: the curve of the stone fence that lined the road, the vibrant yellow of the rapeseed flowers blanketing the field next to the airstrip.

Cereals such as wheat, maize, and barley as well as oilseed crops such as sunflowers, rapeseed, and linseed account for almost 70% of the imported footprint from these countries.

On a small farm in Gloucestershire, James Hygate began turning rapeseed oil into 'bio-diesel' for cars and trucks 20 years ago.