Tesco to sell plasters in diverse skin tones

Move to diversify plaster offering follows viral tweet last year

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The UK’s biggest retailer, Tesco, has launched a range of plasters to match different skin colours and better reflect racial and ethnic diversity.

It said the plasters, which come in light, medium and dark shades, would “better represent the nation”.

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