The Chelsea Flower Show is usually a glamorous event which is watched by millions, with its prizes won by Britain’s best professional horticulturalists. But after the coronavirus lockdown forced the Royal Horticultural Society to cancel the event, the chance for green-fingered fame fell on Britain’s amateur gardeners. Nearly 8,000 people entered the society’s ‘My Chelsea … Read more
Who ate all the pies…? Villagers turn super sleuth amateur detectives to find thief who stole £100 worth of pastries… because police are too busy Shopkeeper Mark Griffiths, 26, was stunned when a thief pinched his delivery Delivery of 70 pies, sausage rolls and pasties were stolen at his post office store in Broughton, Flintshire … Read more
So much for natural talent! Amateur photographers share their worst wildlife snaps – from a blurred bee to an eagle hidden by a lamppost Wannabe wildlife photographers have shared their worst snaps online Examples include a blurred bee in flight and an eagle hidden by a lamppost They have ended up on a Facebook group … Read more