The UK is sweltering under a heatwave that has brought chaos across the country, with thunderstorms and flooding hitting London and the southwest, hundreds of school closures and major disruption on the trains. As the mercury climbs, thousands of schools have shut this week, leaving parents scrambling to keep children cool and entertained.
Enter Boots, which is selling a paddling pool slashed from £16.99 to just £8.49 – saving customers £8.50. The Play Paddling Pool, measuring 183cm, fits modest gardens and comes in three colours: red, green and blue. “The Splash & Play Ring Pool is an ideal way for youngsters to beat the heat in the summer,” Boots says. “Stable three ring inflatable pool walls for maximum stability. Comes complete with a repair patch.”
“Heatwave forces school closures and train chaos; Boots sells £8.49 paddling pools to keep kids cool.”
It is proving popular: 29 have been sold in the last 24 hours on Boots’ online store. Adult supervision is recommended at all times. The product offers a cheap antidote to the disruption as the extreme weather continues to batter the UK – and parents will have to be fast to get their hands on one.