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Tinned food, loo roll and power banks: the Brits following advice to stockpile

<p>Government campaign recommends three days’ worth of stores for emergencies, but some are ahead of the game</p><p>Dried foods, bottled water, medicine stocks and backup power banks: it could be the props cupboard on a disaster movie, but instead it is precisely what some UK residents are stockpiling amid official warnings about Russian “state-sponsored terrorism” and the impact of the climate crisis.</p><p>The government launched a campaign on Thursday advising people to set aside three days’ worth of stores to deal with a whole range of eventualities, and some are already well under way.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/24/tinned-food-loo-roll-power-banks-brits-stockpiling-government-advice">Continue reading...</a>