UK Vein Clinic, headquartered on London’s Harley Street, has launched the clinic to improve access to treatment for varicose and thread veins, which affect at least one in three people in the UK.

If left untreated, these conditions can lead to pain, swelling, skin changes, ulcers, or blood clots.

Ed Sideso, consultant vascular surgeon at UK Vein Clinic, said: “We’re proud as clinicians to be supporting patients in Bicester and Oxfordshire, helping to improve access to specialist varicose vein care.

“Our focus is always on understanding how symptoms affect everyday life and delivering treatment that helps each individual patient feel more comfortable, confident, and supported.”

The Bicester clinic aims to reduce travel and waiting times by offering care closer to home.

Services include vascular doctor-led consultations, diagnostic ultrasound scans, and advanced treatments such as radiofrequency ablation and sclerotherapy.

Jason Powell, founder of UK Vein Clinic, said: “This expansion represents a major milestone for UK Vein Clinic.

“With patient demand for specialist vein care continuing to rise, our goal is to bring expert, consultant-led treatment closer to more communities – ensuring people can get back to feeling their most confident and healthy self and back doing the things they love most.”

The clinic forms part of UK Vein Clinic’s growing national network, with further locations planned as part of its long-term expansion strategy.

Available since the 1990s, the company’s Frosted Wheats cereal has been a staple at the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, but now foodies won’t be starting their day with it.

Kellogg’s has several brands, including cupboard staples like Bran Flakes, Coco Pops, Frosties, Krave, Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes and more.

The cereal hasn’t disappeared all at once, though, with some customers spotting a gradual phase out with boxes missing from shelves since earlier this year, The Sun reports.

A Kellogg’s spokesperson told Newsquest: “As we evolve our cereal range for the future, we sometimes make the choice to discontinue specific products.

“While Frosted Wheats are no longer part of our range, we continue to offer a selection of other high fibre cereals like Special K Crunchy Golden Clusters and Bran Flakes to suit different tastes and breakfasts.”

Fans of the cereal shared the news on Reddit, with one saying: “Noooooo!

“I am so sad.”

They added that they had “been wondering why they were always out of stock.”

Someone else shared: “Late to this but just googled it

“Proper gutted

“They have them in Home Bargains, while stocks last, I’ve bought a couple!”

This person commented: “My favourite cereal 😔”.

In its absence on supermarket shelves, customers have said they’ll be trying to find supermarket dupes that live up to the original Kellogg’s product.

While Kellogg’s products have been discontinued before, sometimes customers spot them returning to shelves.

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In 2025, eagle-eyed shoppers spotted Coco Pops Straws and Cocoa Krispies Cereal Straws on shelves in the UK for the first time since they were discontinued 15 years earlier.

Both products were initially launched by Kellogg’s back in 2005 before being discontinued in 2010, so shoppers were delighted to find them in B&M stores.

Having said this, it’s unclear if Frosted Wheats will ever return.

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David Pearce worked for The King in his kitchen garden, cultivating plants for him to eat.

The 29-year-old revealed that famously green-fingered Charles took a keen interest in the fruits and vegetables that landed on his plate, but a couple were off limits.

David managed mixed beds running down the middle of the kitchen garden.

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David Pearce. (Image: SWNS)

And although The King demands his produce be of a high standard, he is not a fan of all fruits and vegetables.

David, the youngest curator of Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, said: “I spent about a year working for His Royal Highness in the kitchen garden, growing fruit and vegetables and wonderful things that went into his dinners and lunches.

“We were growing mostly things he requested himself, a whole bed of salad and two whole beds of asparagus; he was very keen on that. 

“Things like cauliflower, and he particularly liked his crudité carrots, we would have to grow them to a particular size, of your little finger. 

“He particularly liked spinach. We grew onions, leeks and Florence fennel. It was mostly working with him and his individual preferences.

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King Charles III. (Image: Tony Kershaw / SWNS)

“But squash was off the cards, and absolutely no courgettes.” 

David had a “feral” youth growing up on the edge of the New Forest.

He said: “I was running around having a wonderful time. Everything was wild and wonderful and exotic. 

“Weighing up my career options, I loved the idea of being outside, growing things – the science and the art of it.

“And on a bit of a whim, I applied for an apprenticeship at Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight.” 

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David Pearce. (Image: Emily Quance / SWNS)

He then worked in the gardens at Wisley – the Royal Horticultural Society’s flagship garden in Surrey, which runs one of the oldest horticultural training programmes in the world. 

David’s days were spent in the garden, surrounded by 300 acres of impeccably managed planting; his evenings tapping away at coursework on a laptop. 

After graduating during the pandemic, he found a job at Highgrove, the private residence of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire. 

Tucked into the woodland, the one-acre walled garden is geometrically arranged, dripping with blossom in spring, and runs along emphatically organic principles. 

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“When everyone else was primping lawns, he was cultivating wildflower meadows as far as the eye could see,” David said.

There was no spray – instead, electric gadgets for zapping pests and all manner of inventive methods for keeping on top of weeds without reaching for the chemicals. 

David says the then Prince of Wales was not always on site – this was a period when preparations were quietly underway for ‘the big transition’ – but when he was there, he insisted on a morning walk around the garden. 

“We would have the opportunity to walk around with him,” David added.

“He would tell us what particular things he wanted, when he wanted them.”