Portsmouth vending machine will provide PPE to shoppers

Inside Cascades Shopping Centre, a vending machine will be selling face masks.

The news comes as the masks are made mandatory in shops tomorrow.

Anyone who refuses to comply with the new government regulations can be refused entry to shops, and can be fined up to £100 for this.

People inside the shopping centre can find the vending machine near Boswells Cafe.

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