UK imports salad from US, Spain and Poland as heatwave hits crops

Wholesale prices soar by more than 30% and farmers have to renegotiate with supermarkets

Lettuce is being flown in from the US, and imported from Spain and Poland as soaring temperatures increase demand but hit crops in the UK.

The cargo carrier IAG Cargo said it had flown 30,000 heads of lettuce from Los Angeles to the UK in the past week alone.