Volunteer flower arrangers at a 900-year-old cathedral have threatened to quit after they were forced to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks. Twenty-three members of Gloucester Cathedral Flower Guild are refusing to have the authorities pry.
These dazzling snaps show the world’s largest collection of rare hyacinths bursting into bloom – after they were carefully cultivated by Britain’s only bulb producer. Green-fingered Alan Shipp, 72, has been custodian of the UK’s.