Panic Buying

  • ScienceAOL

    Large queues and full trolleys suggest panic buying ahead of new lockdown

    Government ministers' pleas to avoid panic-buying ahead of the new lockdown in England appear to be going unheeded. Instead, shoppers appear to be stockpiling essential items before the new restrictions come into force on Thursday. Footage

  • LifestyleAOL

    Panic! There’s been a run on paddling pools

    The heatwave has left us stunned and somewhat stifled. In a desperate attempt to get cool, we hit the shops for a family paddling pool big enough to cool us all off. And that's when we discover the astonishing truth: the UK's high

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  • NewsAOL

    You couldn't be Maude wrong: Fire Brigade slams 'jerry can' advice

    The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has criticised Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude for suggesting today that "a bit of extra fuel in a jerry can in the garage is a sensible precaution to take," to mitigate the effects of a fuel tanker