Operation Escalin News Today

One of our oldest allies across the pond (even if the relationship didn't start out that way) is finding some resources to be a bit scarce lately. One might say they've found themselves in a pickle, but pickles might be about to have a shortage of their own. There are lots of shortages in the United Kingdom these days. And not just in the United Kingdom.

Military personnel in Britain began driving fuel tankers Monday as the government stepped up efforts to tackle a shortage of truck drivers that has closed some gas stations, caused panic buying and long lines at others and threatened wider disruption in the run-up to Christmas.

LONDON — The British military started delivering fuel to petrol stations on Monday, after a tanker driver shortage sparked two weeks of panic buying by motorists.Troops in fatigues drove tankers from Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead 32 kilometres north of London after the military was put on stand-by last week.Some 200 military personnel, half of them drivers, are

Industry experts have been warning Britons to buy their Christmas dinner in advance and even keep it in the freezer as fears mount supermarkets could run out of festive items including pigs in blankets.

According to community reports the number of closed stations in Surrey has reduced

Some 200 military personnel are taking part in Operation Escalin to alleviate fuel shortages in London and southeast England.

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Army tanker drivers are taking to the roads for the first time to deliver supplies to beleaguered petrol stations hit by the fuel crisis.

The panic buying of gasoline is a “warning sign” for the U.K., one economist cautioned Monday.

200 British military personnel are being deployed to assist in the supply of petrol filling stations