A consumer expert has provided an urgent warning to Britons trying to stay warm without using their energy this winter - amid a terrifying cost of living crisis.
A hot water bottle may-well seem like a cheap and cheerful solution to keep warm without having to crank the heating up, but they pose significant dangers, even leading to hospitalisation through burns and scalds.
Alice Beer took to Monday's edition of This Morning, speaking out about the dangers of hot water bottles - after she was said to have been contacted by a parent on social media, whose child suffered significant third-degree burns following a water-bottle split.