In this 18 August 2026 published video, host Charlie Rankin examines the UK’s new mandatory folic acid fortification policy, set to take full effect in December 2026. Non-wholemeal wheat flour will be required to contain synthetic folic acid under the Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Pull up a weed from the garden bed, and the instinct is to toss the plant straight into the compost pile. That small, succulent-leafed intruder growing in the cracks of the sidewalk, the one thriving in every neglected corner of the yard without an invitation, has earned exactly zero respect for decades.
