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London | Britain\u2019s famed dairy industry, home to Cornish clotted cream and cheddar cheese, is emerging as one of the biggest casualties of Europe\u2019s hotter-than-Hades summer.<\/p>\n

As wildfires on the Continent continue to flare<\/a>, authorities have declared more than half of England, including London, in drought, amid record temperatures. Images emerged this week of parched farmland typical of Australia\u2019s outback, but almost unheard of in normally green England.<\/p>\n

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