Waitrose is laying claim to being the first retailer to stock UK grown cherry tomatoes, from the Isle of Wight.

The produce will be available on-shelf from this Sunday and the retailer said it is the first time ever UK tomatoes have been available in January.

A spokesman said: “The Claree variety, grown by Roger Simms at the Waitrose nursery on the Isle of Wight, is currently being harvested to go on-shelf this weekend.

“There are no artificial means by which these tomatoes have been grown, they are simply available because climate levels have been better than normal.”

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