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Hamish Morrison

Andy Burnham to 'consider' banning disposable barbeques in response to wildfires

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to the Oval Community Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Image: James Manning/PA Wire)

ANDY Burnham has said the UK Government will “consider” banning disposable barbeques amid a summer of wildfires.

The Prime Minister claimed that “many” of the devastating blazes, which have raged from the Cairngorms to the New Forest, were started by one-use grills.

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