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That we seeing right now in terms of the queues outside petrol stations, the queues outside petrol stations, theissue the queues outside petrol stations, the issue some people are having receiving fuel given that the visa scheme itself will likely take a couple of weeks to come into force because drivers need time for their visas to be processed and of course also need time to recruited too. joining me now is conservative mp tobias ellwood. he has suggested all petrol stations impose a £30 spen...

0ur transport correspondent, caroline davies reports. chicken, milkshakes, now petrol. a shortage of lorry drivers continues to bite across the uk, and as the problem grows, there is more pressure on the government to make changes. bp reported they were having trouble getting their petrol to some pumps. there is enough fuel, just not enough drivers to take it to the petrol stations. although the problem only affected a small number of sites, people worried that they could run out, began to buy m...

Of driving tests. 0ur transport correspondent, caroline davies reports. chicken, milkshakes, now petrol. a shortage of lorry drivers continues to bite across the uk, and as the problem grows, there is more pressure on the government to make changes. bp reported they were having trouble getting their petrol to some pumps. there is enough fuel, just not enough drivers to take it to the petrol stations. although the problem only affected a small number of sites, people worried that they could run o...

This is bbc news. i“m martine croxall. the headlines at 11. the government says it will do whatever it takes, as a shortage of lorry drivers causes some petrol stations to close. i am not saying there arent pressures, there are. its just that we are making many, many changes and moving heaven and earth to get people into driving hgvs. queues have started to form outside some filling stations in the uk. photos from places including chester, newbury and leeds show cars trying to reach the pumps....

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Hopefully get home. he should be ok, because petrol stations a couple of miles away are still open and national supermarkets are reporting no issues. across the country bp and esso say a small number of businesses have temporarily closed. eight pumps. paul is waiting for supplies at his forecourt in coventry. we should have had a fuel delivery in tomorrow. now thats cancelled until saturday. are we sure were going to get it on saturday? who knows. and no fuel means sales in pauls shop are also d...

Told it would be cancelled because of driver shortages and they dont know when the next one is coming. the bbc has spoken to a pipette petrol shop owner and normally they would order a week in advance and even then they are being delayed and cancelled. all through the day cars have been coming on like this one, realising the pumps are closed and taped off and then driving off. its not a shortage of fuel, we need to mention that. this is a shortage of lorry drivers. the same reasons we have seen ...

Ways that companies are mitigating things to try to stop panic buying? well, as i say, they are not taking steps to stop panic buying, they are merely having to close some pumps and occasionally some petrol stations at the moment, but i have to stress that this is at the moment a relatively minor problem. there are thousands of petrol stations up and down the country. bp branded petrol has more than 1200, but at the moment it is the numbers that are being closed altogether are in the tens and so...

Orleans. so adrienne, i assume thats the line of cars waiting for gas because of the triple digits coming and the cars are where theyre finding their relief, is that right? >> reporter: you are right. people started lining up here two hours ago. this is the first person in line. the man that is second in line came straight from the hospital here to the gas station and he says he just wants to go home. and hes praying that his power is on. but all of these folks are lined up to get gas at this st...