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1 Strawberries

It’s predicted that more than 74,000 tonnes of the fruit will be picked this year – an 11 per cent rise on 2015 – to meet demand boosted by our love of smoothies.

2 Car production

The UK built 443,581 cars in the first three months of this year, the highest first-quarter figure since 2004. By March, one was rolling off the line every 16 seconds.

3 Tentacles

Experts have recorded a significant increase in the number of octopuses, squid and other tentacled ocean dwellers – rising water temperatures caused by global warming is cited as one of the possible reasons.

1 Smart dress

Three-quarters of workers think a suit and tie is too formal for the office, a study has found, and two-thirds deem jeans to be suitable attire for the workplace – though most would draw the line at tracksuits.

2 Front gardens

More than 7 million of our front gardens are now almost totally paved over – with the desire for parking space taking precedence – and just one in ten people surveyed say they want to grow plants in their outdoor space.

3 Cleavage

In a recent survey, 42 per cent of women said they would be happier to bare their shoulders than wear a plunging neckline.