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Good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the government is due to formally announce a visa scheme that will make it easier for foreign drivers to work in the uk. details of the plan will be set out tomorrow. its expected the temporary plan will allow visas for about 5,000 drivers to tackle the hgv driver shortage, which has led to supply problems at some petrol stations and other businesses. the road haulage association estimates that the uk is short of about 100,000 hgv drivers in total — with ex...

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A picture that looks a bit more chaotic. ., ., w ., , chaotic. you are right, actually, its not exactly _ chaotic. you are right, actually, - its not exactly bumper-to-bumper. its not exactly bumper—to—bumper. they seem to be queuing at an orderly fashion at the moment but who knows where they will be next week. as we all know, we are not running at a few but we are running out of people to deliver the fuel to petrol stations and therefore some of them are experiencing shortages and in some ...

Congratulates emma raducanu on winning the us open, as she looks ahead to the future. i still think i have a lot of room for development in terms of my tennis_ for development in terms of my tennis career and when it can go so im excited — tennis career and when it can go so im excited to start working on it. hello, good afternoon. senior government ministers are meeting later to discuss the closure of some petrol stations because of a shortage of delivery drivers. queues are forming at severa...

Working on it. - senior government ministers are meeting to discuss the closure of some petrol stations, because of a shortage of delivery drivers. queues are forming at several forecourts, despite government pleas for people not to panic buy fuel. both bp and esso have closed some petrol stations because of supply problems. borisjohnson is understood to be considering relaxing visa rules to allow more foreign truck drivers into britain, to ease fuel shortages. our business correspondent, theo l...

To the bbc news at one. senior government ministers are meeting this afternoon to discuss the closure of some petrol stations because of a shortage of delivery drivers. queues are forming this lunchtime at several petrol stations, despite government pleas for people not to panic—buy fuel. both bp and esso have closed some forecourts because of supply problems. ministers are not ruling out the idea of changing visa rules to bring in foreign lorry drivers — or using soldiers to drive fuel tank...

The duchess of cambridge congratulates emma raducanu on winning the us open, as she looks ahead to the future. i still think i have a lot of room for development _ in terms of my tennis career and where it can go, - so im excited to start working on it. - hello, good afternoon. senior government ministers are meeting later to discuss the closure of some petrol stations, because of a shortage of delivery drivers. queues are forming at several forecourts, despite government pleas for people not to...

There is a lot more pressure behind a driver to make sure that all the boxes are ticked because otherwise they get a fine and then us as a company a fine. i really interesting industry perspective. a look at our latest headlines. the government is urging people to buy fuel as normal after queues have been seen at petrol stations across the country following supply problems at some forecourts. new cctv footage has been released by police investigating the killing of london schoolteacher, sabina n...

Today at 5pm: ministers meet to discuss supply problems at petrol stations across the country — the government says people should carry on buying petrol as normal. if you dont need to fill up, dont fill up. there is no shortage. if you are unlucky enough when you do need fuel that a site is out, the chances are the next nearest one wont be. borisjohnson is understood to be considering relaxing visa rules to allow more foreign truck drivers into britain, to ease fuel shortages. well have the la...

The rising price of gas is being felt by businesses, it is likely to feed through to consumers at a time when the cost of living is rising. the business secretary insists britain can meet demand for gas and the government does not expect supply problems this winter, he says there will be further meetings with the industry to try and plan a way forward. our political correspondent peter saull is here a peter saull is here government minister has been i interviews a government minister has been do...