Britain’s nuts have shrunk because of the weather

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There’s a UK competition where groups of people get their nuts out, drill them and go head-to-head to smash them against one another.

The aim is to split your opponents nuts.

But this year there’s a problem – our nuts are shrivelling up because of the weather.

And it means the World Conker Championships could be cancelled this year because chestnuts have been shrivelled by the hottest summer on record.

Chiefs say drought-hit trees have dropped their tiny nuts, which would split when being drilled to insert laces, and would not play properly as competitors whack each other’s conkers.

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