Important news from London. The ban on garden gnomes has been lifted at the Chelsea Flower Show, bringing joy to aficionados of these kitschy figurines.
The ban had been enforced many years ago because the show's organisers felt that these lawn ornaments with funny hats and bushy beards were an unnecessary distraction. Visitors had been paying more attention to the gnomes than the flowers. More importantly, the Royal Horticultural Society regarded the gnomes as "a bit tacky".
