BREXIT is to blame for conditions that caused a Scottish blueberry farmer to donate his £3 million crop to charity, according to an SNP MP. / Peter Thomson, who has around 60 acres of blueberry bushes on his farm in Blairgowrie, announced that it was no longer economically worthwhile for him to harvest the crop due to the value of the fruit falling by around £1 million this year.

Mary and John Carter, who run Bowland Trails on the outskirts of Blairgowrie, have described the rules and regulations imposed as a result of Britain leaving the European Union as “financially crippling” for dog racing teams