Autumn colours spread through the Boston ivy at Hever Castle in Kent, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. The dry summer has led leaves to turn red two weeks earlier than usual

The Princess of Wales visits Farnborough Road primary school in Birkdale, Southport, where Elsie Dot Stancombe, a victim of the stabbing attack in the town last year, was a pupil. The prince and princess visited as part of continuing support to the town after the attack

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Graham Barratt, a record-breaking vegetable grower from Gloucestershire, is hoping to impress the judges at the Malvern Autumn Show this week with his over-sized cucumbers, chillies, squash and loofahs, above, a type of gourd

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