Newly created paddy fields in the Cambridgeshire Fens have become home to nine rice varieties - including risotto, basmati and sushi View 2 Images The rice crops were planted in the spring (Image: James Linsell Clark / SWNS)

Britain's first rice crop is being harvested after a record-breaking summer. ‌

Newly created paddy fields in the Cambridgeshire Fens have become home to nine rice varieties - including risotto, basmati and sushi. ‌

The crops were planted in the spring and have grown over this year’s hottest summer since records began in 1884. ‌

The Fens is an area of flat, low-lying agricultural land and produces crops worth around £1.2 billion per year and account for a third of the UK’s fresh vegetables.

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is carry

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