Mayhem as Black Friday begins: Shoppers clash in supermarkets while trying to grab bargains after Boots, Game and Currys websites crash as thousands start hunt for Christmas deals
- Shoppers flocked to stores up and down the country in the early hours of this morning to snap up cut-price goods
- Reports of scuffles between customers in Tesco stores in Glasgow and London as they tried to snap up bargains
- Several major websites crashed under ‘huge demand’ with Currys, Argos, Tesco Direct and Boots having problems
- Scotland Yard confirmed officers were called to supermarkets in Willesden, Surrey Quays, Edmonton and Edgware
Fights have broken out in several UK supermarkets and major retail websites have crashed under ‘huge demand’ as bargain-hunters desperately try to get their hands on cut-price goods in the Black Friday sales.
The websites of major chains such as Boots, Game, Currys, Argos and Tesco Direct have experienced technical difficulties this morning as shoppers frantically try to snap up discounted items including everything from flat screen TVs, coffee machines and toys to homewares, furnishings and clothing.
Videos have emerged showing shoppers fighting in stores and clambering over each other amid scenes of mayhem, as they desperately try to bag slashed-price goods from the shelves in the lead up to Christmas.
Scotland Yard confirmed officers had been called to at least four stores in London, including in Willesden, Surrey Quays, Edmonton and Edgware, following frantic reports of crowd surges and scuffles.
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Shoppers flocked to stores across Britain just after midnight to snap up Black Friday bargains, including heavily-discounted flat screen TVs
Tesco Extra in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, was packed full of shoppers clambering to snap up bargains just after midnight
Several customers in Kingston Park Tesco in Newcastle upon Tyne hit the store in the early hours to get their hands on cut-price products
In a Tesco store in Great Yarmouth, shoppers could be seen tearing open a box of cut-price LED TVs before rushing off to the till to buy them
Several Tesco Extra stores were full of customers after opening at one minute past midnight, including this store in Norwich, Norfolk
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