Plastic bag charge: Shoppers reactions on first day

Many shoppers in England will have to pay for plastic bags from Monday, in an attempt to cut the number handed out each year.

All supermarkets and large shops will be required to charge at least 5p for the bags they provide, although retailers employing less than 250 employees and paper bags are exempt.

England is the last part of the UK to start charging for bags.

These shoppers in a supermarket in London told the BBC what they thought of the idea.