Lucy Smith was in Aldi in Burpham, West Sussex, when someone snatched her Yorkshire puds from her trolley. While Peter Reynolds expressed his alarm as shoppers acted like there had been a "nuclear attack" at his local Tesco. Other shoppers reported queues forming before 7am and still being in place outside stores at 10.45pm yesterday. This week Asda announced it was beefing up its security across all 421 of its larger UK stores to cope with Christmas panic-buying. And ministers were warned that food supplies would be disrupted if the border is not reopened by Wednesday.

Source: Daily Mirror December 22, 2020 18:26 UTC