Marks and Spencer has announced it is to stop selling disposable barbecues in all its stores across the UK. The company - which is following in the footsteps of Aldi and Waitrose - made the decision in a bid to help the environment.
The retailer said it wanted to "help protect open spaces and reduce the risk of fires" - amid a summer which has seen record-breaking temperatures and very dry conditions up and down the country. A spokesperson for M&S said: "We'd already stopped selling disposable barbecues near national parks and in London but given the unusually hot and dry conditions, we've taken the precautionary step of removing them from sale across the UK."
London Fire Brigade (LFB), which has been calling for a ban on disposable barbecues, described it as "good news". On Twitter, LFB added: "We want to work with retailers to stop the sale of disposable barbecues and reduce the risk of dangerous grass fires."
