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Milford Haven: Garden ornament turns out to be live bombA couple who kept an old missile as a garden ornament said "it was like the passing of an old friend" when it was detonated by a bomb disposal team.The bomb, which had been outside the home of Sian and Jeffrey Edwards in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is thought to date from the late 19th Century.The couple had thought it was a "dummy" bomb with no charge.Mrs Edwards said she used to bang her trowel on the bomb to remove earth after gardening.
UK weather: Temperatures plunge to -12.5C as snow disrupts travelTemperatures have fallen below freezing across parts of the UK, with as much as 30cm of snow causing travel problems.The mercury dropped below -12C (10.4F) in Scotland on Saturday - the coldest temperatures since last winter.Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for the north west of England, the Midlands, the south, and parts of Wales and Scotland.Drivers in Cumbria told the BBC they had been in stop-start traffic with no food or water for up to 19 hours.
World’s smelliest cheese ‘The Minger’ to go on sale at Asda An artisan cheese hailed as the smelliest in the world is to grace the nation’s Christmas dinner tables after its maker signed an exclusive deal with one of Britain’s largest supermarkets.Asda confirmed that the aptly named Minger cheese, made in the Highlands, will be available across 54 of its Scottish stores.Rory Stone, who runs the family firm Highland Fine Cheeses, said he was delighted it is being made available to millions of shoppers but accepts it could prove to be a controversial addition to the festive cheese-board.“The Minger smells meaty, unctuous, cabbagey,” he said. “There’s nothing subtle here and no nice way to describe the smell – it’s simply bad. But it’s all aroma; the flavour is a very different experience. At best it’s moreish, melts on the tongue with a full, rounded umami taste.”In addition to the Minger, Highland Fine Cheeses has secured its first retail listings for two other products, Fat Cow and Blue Murder.The Minger’s distinctive orange outer layer is the result of being washed in a solution of Brevibacterium – the microbe responsible for malodorous feet – then being left to mature for two months.
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