The company, which produces sugar from beet grown by farmers across East Anglia, says its 2024/25 campaign is progressing well, having processed 5m tonnes of beet since September - about two-thirds of the expected total.

And it has enjoyed its best Christmas since 2018/19, slicing more than 1m tonnes of sugar beet during the three-week period.

Agriculture director Dan Green thanked growers, harvesting contractors and hauliers for their efforts in keeping British Sugar's four........

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