Massive cabbage is stalk of the town

Great-grandfather Tony Southall is the toast of his allotments – after growing a corker of a cabbage, which weighed in at 25lb 2oz.

But now he thinks he is about to unveil an even bigger one at Amblecote Allotments' Horticultural Show in Stourbridge on September 3.

Tony, aged 74, of Barbrook Drive, Lakeside, Amblecote, revealed the secret of his success in growing such a whopping Cornish Giant cabbage, which he began to cultivate in March.

"I swear by liquid comfrey to feed my cabbages – it's a herb and it smells like rotting vegetation," he said.