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Get your 5-pence coins ready! Because from today that's how much it will cost shoppers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland for a plastic bag at large retailers. As of today, the law requires all large stores who have 250 employees to charge customers for a single carrier bag. The new rule brings England in line with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales who each introduced the fee in the past few years. Â鶹Éç Radio Leicester's Manish Verma has been finding out more about the changes coming in today.