Daily Mail - 13.08.2019

Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Page 11
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‘Now is the time for the holiday

and leisure industries to plough

billions of pounds into updating

their facilities in order to cope

with the enormous potential

increase in demand.

‘This won’t just be from families

here – people, especially in Europe,

could be seduced to enjoy the UK

as our climate becomes more

acceptable and their own becomes

unbearably hot.’ Mr Giles predicts

that Britain’s climate will be

‘among the best in the world’ by

the middle of the century.

To capitalise on the warmer

weather, Britain ‘has to offer more

than the traditional UK tourist

spots of London, Stratford-upon-

Avon and Windsor’ and show the

‘glories’ of seaside resorts, he said.

‘We have ten years or so to grasp

the nettle and make sure that, due

to climate change, we tap into the

trend of warmer, more predictable

summers and make the leisure

and holiday industries the back-

bone of our post-Brexit economy.

‘We have the chance: climate

change is on our side, and now is

the time to start planning for it.’

However, anyone hoping to make

the most of the British summer

this week will be disappointed.

Forecasters predict rain today and

tomorrow, with storms on Thurs-

day – followed by a washout this

weekend, with up to 1.6in of rain in

some areas.

The Met Office’s Emma Smith

said: ‘There’s a chance the weather

at the weekend could be quite dis-

ruptive, much like the one just

gone. This unsettled weather is due

to the jet stream in the Atlantic fil-

tering low pressure towards us.

‘By Tuesday and Wednesday next

week we should see things settle

down. By the end of the month we

should be heading back to more

seasonable weather conditions,

particularly in the South East.’

Could dimming the Sun save

the Earth? – Page 17

By Jennifer Ruby and Alex Ward

Upbeat: Bill Giles

BRITAIN is facing a cauliflower short-

age after this year’s crop was ruined

by the extreme summer weather.

Heavy rains in June followed by

last month’s heatwave

affected yields in the UK

and Europe so badly that

supermarkets are run-

ning out of the now

trendy vegetable, while

prices have soared up to fivefold,

with the wholesale cost of a cauli-

flower reaching £3. Other brassica

• such as cabbage and broccoli –
  have also been hit, while
  Brussels sprouts could be in
  short supply for Christmas.
  The British Growers Asso-
  ciation said the shortages
  were ‘very concerning’.

Rain sparks cauliflower crisis

Carrie has her

feet under the

table at No 10

BEAMiNG in mustard yellow, Carrie

Symonds was pictured with Boris

Johnson inside No 10 for the first

time yesterday.

The Prime Minister and his girlfriend

were seen laughing as they sat next to

each other at a reception for frontline

hospice staff.

Mr Johnson, 55, was also pictured

standing behind the 31-year-old with his

hands on his hips as she chatted to a

group of women at the event.

No 10’s official Twitter account pub-

lished photos from the event, with the

caption: ‘PM Boris Johnson hosted a

reception at Downing Street to thank

hospice staff for their hard work, dedica-

tion and compassion.’

And Miss Symonds, who appears to

have dyed her hair a darker shade,

tweeted: ‘Such a privilege to meet so

many inspiring people who do such

incredible work.’

She has largely kept out of the spotlight

since Mr Johnson moved into Downing

Street. She was photographed watching

his first speech as Prime Minister on the

steps of No 10 last month, and was then

spotted enjoying an evening out with him

at an italian bistro. However, no official

pictures of the pair together had been

released until yesterday.

The couple had been living together at

Miss Symonds’s flat in Camberwell, south

London, where neighbours recorded the

couple having an explosive row.

They had already put in an offer on a

£1.3million four-bedroom home and

started staying at a friend’s house while

they waited to exchange contracts.

They are now the first unmarried couple

to live in Downing Street and reside in

the expansive flat above No 11. Miss

Symonds worked for Chancellor Sajid

Javid when he held the local government

brief, as well as for John Whittingdale

during his time as Culture Secretary.

She held the strategic role of Tory com-

munications chief but quit working for

Conservative Campaign Headquarters in

2018. She grew up in East Sheen, south-
      west London, and attended the prestig-
      ious Godolphin and Latymer School.
      The couple have not commented on the
      row at her old flat. Mr Johnson told the
      BBC it was ‘simply unfair’ to ‘drag’ his
      loved ones into politics.

By Larisa Brown

Political Correspondent

Picture: @10DOWNINGSTREET/PA WIRE

Global warming isn’t

all bad... it’ll boost UK

tourism, says Bill Giles

THE July heatwave may have

been too much for some. But

warmer summers will be a huge

boost to Britain, former weath-

erman Bill Giles predicts.

He claims they will result in

increased tourism which over the

next 20 years will be vital to our

post-Brexit economy.

This is because as summer tempera-

tures soar, more Britons will holiday

at home and foreign visitors will flock

here to escape the heat of the Medi-

terranean. ‘if this is repeated year on

year, things we take for granted will

change drastically,’ Mr Giles, 79, told