An amateur gardener has grown what he claims to be the largest potato in the world.
The 8lb 4oz (3.8kg) spud was in the giant vegetable competition at the National Gardening Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset on Friday.
Peter Glazebrook, from Northampton, said he had been trying to grow large potatoes for about 10 years.
He believes his prize specimen is 9oz (255g) heavier than the previous record holder.
In 2008, a Lebanese farmer claimed he had dug up a 24.9lb (11.3kg) potato. It is not clear whether the find entered the record books.
The world record in the Guinness Book of Records was 7lb 13oz (3.5kg) at the time.
Giant potato at UK gardening show largest in the world?
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