cork

The cork on the Mondavi Chardonnay, the first of several excellent bottles, is popped.

But there will not be any champagne corks popping in the Home Office.

In fact, species like the Iberian hare benefit from the newly opened habitat and native cork oaks can quickly colonise burned land.

There may well be a few sighs of relief from senior finance company and banking executives following the Supreme Court's ruling, but it is unlikely you will hear the champagne corks popping.

They are still produced from cork, wound in string, cased in leather and held together by a hand-stitched seam.