Shops are clamping down on the panic-buying of bottled water, with limits in place as temperatures threaten to soar to 37C this weekend, according to a report in the Mirror.
Eight areas of England are formally under drought restrictions due to the searing heat, falling water levels in rivers and reservoirs, and low rainfall. Some supermarkets were reporting excessive buying of bottled water, with one Aldi store in London limiting customers to the number of bottles they may have. However, Aldi said later on Saturday morning that the limit had been removed.
An Aldi spokesperson told Mirror Online that they had not been advised to put a nationwide limit in place. An amber weather warning for extreme heat was issued by the Met Office for much of England and Wales until Sunday, although thunderstorms are expected to hit next week.
