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Environment secretary and the transport secretary and they have all said, "look, we are not running out of fuel. there is no fuel shortage so please don�*t panic buy." why don�*t you think the public are modifying their behaviour as yet? i would replay your set—up. its would replay your set—up. it�*s because they can�*t find fuel. there may be no fuel at the pumps and that will be the same at the refinery centres. that was the same in the year 2,000. centres. that was the same in the...

Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the transport secretary, grant shapps, says after days of fuel shortages at the pumps, there are indications the situation is stabilising. the petrol retailers association says anecdotal evidence from its members suggests demand on forecourts is still significantly higher than normal but not as high as it was this weekend. the government is still putting the army on standby to drive tankers but mr shapps said the measures already put in place ap...

Sure that key workers and emergency services get access to the stocks they need. amid reports that people, doctors, dentists cant get to their places of work because they cant actually spend all the time they need to fill up in ques like this one behind me and find the pump is dry. the medical statement said everyone will have their own reasons for needing to fill up. but as pumps run dry, there is a real risk that nhs staff wont be able to do their jobs and provide the vital services and care t...

Priority access. it for health workers to be given priority access.— priority access. it is absolutely - priority access. it is| absolutely essential priority access. it is - absolutely essential that healthcare workers and social care workers are able to get to work. they are already short of staff and its another problem on top of the already difficult staffing situation. if things were not bad enough, prices here at the pumps have been going up. here at the pumps have been going un— going...

Of fuel shortages at the pumps, there are indications the situation is stabilising. the petrol retailers association says anecdotal evidence from its members suggests demand on forecourts is still significantly higher than normal but not as high as it was this weekend. the government is still putting the army on standby to drive tankers but mr shapps said the measures already put in place appeared to be having some effect. the surge in demand came because of fears that a shortage of drivers woul...

Simonjack, bbc simon jack, bbc news. the long queues at the pumps which followed an initial shortage at a relatively small number of petrol stations have shown how fragile the uks supply chain can be. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been looking at the factors which led to the current situation. radio: in harpenden, there are - queues at the e550 petrol station... in and around hertfordshire earlier today, thejourney to normality in the supply of fuel was proving slow. here, we are out of ...

On the matter of this crisis. he has already said he thinks the key workers should get priority at the pumps and i think that is a very easy message to try and drive home tomorrow because we are seeing, you know, as the front pages are showing, cancer operations being cancelled. that is huge, that is devastating for people, that is something they really worry about, we know the nhs is one of the top concerns when it comes to voting in the election. as richard says, obviously, he is trying this i...

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And this adds another problem on top of the already difficult staffing situation. if things werent bad enough, prices here at the pumps have also been going up. filling your tank is now roughly 20p a litre more expensive than a year ago. the rac says it went up another penny a litre since friday, and could go even higher in the coming days — not because of all this chaos but because of the soaring price of crude oil. the uk has plenty of fuel. the question now — will panic buying continue at...

The head of the head of the the head of the association the head of the association which the head of the association which represents petrol stations says there are early signs that the crisis at the pumps is ending with more of our members reporting that they are now taking further deliveries of fuel. the prime minister has spoken for the first time about the shortages. i minister has spoken for the first time about the shortages. i know how frustratin: time about the shortages. i know how fru...