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Wimp PETER FROST finds it too hot for really serious matters and decides to cool down in the heatwave with some delicious ice cream

THE heatwave they tell me will be over today. We have seen record temperatures of over 31 degrees. The Met Office have even invented a new yellow extreme heat warning. Surely Frosty will have his serious hat on with a strict lecture on climate change? 

No bugger that, it is far too hot. Let’s talk about ice cream.  

I have dug out some interesting ice cream facts and history. First, ice cream is much older than I thought although its history isn’t really well documented. 

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