Paul Ward and Steven Godden BBC Scotland News Rex/Shutterstock Thomas Robinson supplied high-end establishments such as Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel and the Dorchester in London A fraudster who tricked luxury hotels and stores into buying “Scottish-grown tea” that was actually from abroad has been jailed for three-and-a-half-years. Thomas Robinson also conned aspiring tea growers by selling...
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Kirk England Environment and tourism correspondent, BBC South West BBC Twelve young tea plants from Dartmoor will be placed in to soil very similar to that found on the Moon and on Mars Scientists are using plants from Devon to test whether it is possible to grow tea in space. Seedlings cultivated near Ashburton have...
Balmoral A fraudster who tricked luxury hotels and stores into buying “Scottish-grown tea” that was grown abroad has been found guilty of a £550,000 scam. Thomas Robinson supplied high-end customers such as Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel and the Dorchester in London with varieties with names like Dalreoch White, Highland Green, Silver Needles and Scottish Antlers Tea....
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Sophie Roberts The artist and social media star Sophie Tea (right) took her popular social media project to Tavistock A social media star and artist who upcycles charity shop items for her one million Instagram followers each week has taken the project to her parents’ home town for the...
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Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Getty Images King Charles will host about 50 veterans at a tea party in the Palace gardens King Charles and Queen Camilla will host a tea party at Buckingham Palace for war veterans as part of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The King and Queen will also...