World's hottest chilli

The world's hottest chilli has been found in Britain.

Hailing from Lincolnshire in the east of England, the Infinity chilli is so spicy it comes with a health warning.

Measuring 1.17 million on the Scoville Scale - an official measure of spicy heat - it has beaten the previous Guinness Book of Records title holder, the Bhut Jolokia from India.

Nick Woods, 39, grew the chilli by accident and said it tasted "nice" at first but then he "felt physically sick" once the full heat of it hit him.

He said: "The effect is delayed. Then it hit me. All of a sudden I felt it burning in the back of my throat, so hot that I couldn't speak."