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Any more appropriate? it was thursday of last week when the bbc first put on story which was to dominate news output over the following few days. it appears in the headlines on the news at six. a shortage of lorry drivers forces bp and esso to close some of their petrol stations. downing street says people should buy petrol as normal. by lunchtime, a sense of crisis was developing. the government urges people not about panic biofuel after some petrol stations had to close up because there are no...

Which saw me through the hard times when my business was flat and right down. i applaud them for the scheme and for granting people like myself help to survive. but the future is now upon us. this is all behind us. the furlough scheme and the scheme for the unemployed. how are you going to cope with the lack of skilled labour in britain? i think that is the biggest problem he will face. its notjust a question of pay, everyone is now talking about lorry drivers and other employees have to be paid...

Tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled if the government doesnt take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. thats the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers say theyre desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. i...

It leads to overcrowding if mature pigs cant be taken away it leads to overcrowding on farms which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big retailers dont want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his pigs on his farm said he had been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association before brexit and the pandemic around 80% of the staff in two of the uks biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. t...

People off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers to try to limit disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar scheme for its industry. the government said it was working closely with the sector to explore options. claire marshall, bbc news. 16 minutes to six these are the headlines. following the milder of sarah everard police gives new guidance of plainclothes officers of what people can d...

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Situation would start to down? of course situation would start to down? qt course we situation would start to down? (ztt course we are not situation would start to down? ttt course we are not actually having a shortage of fuel but the issues of course that you cannot get the fuel to the pump which was the initial situation and we are in a situation where the demand has increased so rapidly that many of the operators are struggling to fill up and i was speaking to one petrol operator earlier toda...

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That this could have. i think it does create a level of fear that doesnt help, but in reality, theyre not really going to do much. i mean, 150 drivers being made available, its not... you know, we have 8,500 petrol stations in the uk, its not really going to make much of a dent in this. the shortage of lorry drivers over recent months has caused problems for a wide range of industries from supermarkets to fast—food chains. theres a real concern in the run—up to christmas that supply chains w...

With mutual whove been worried about theirjourneys, weathered about their journeys, weathered theyll about theirjourneys, weathered theyll be able to use their car or whatever it is. i know how frustrating it must have been to worry about a shortage of petrol. we are now starting to see the situation improve. youre hearing supplies are coming back into the four courts in the normal way, and i would just really urge everybody to go about their business in the normal way and fill up in the normal ...