Many of Friday's front pages cover warnings from three of the UK's biggest petrol station operators warning of fuel shortages at some stations due to a lack of lorry drivers. Elsewhere, most papers carry the news that a 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of teacher Sabina Nessa.The i says there's no shortage of fuel within the UK, but the nationwide lack of HGV drivers means companies can't transport fuel to all the places its needed.
It quotes the managing director of the supermarket Iceland saying he's confident supplies won't run out.The Daily Telegraph reports that the Petrol Retailers Association warned that drivers should keep a quarter of a tank of fuel in their car in case their usual station runs out. Supermarkets have also warned of shortages of food in the run-up to Christmas as they too struggle with the lorry driver shortages, the paper says.
Ramp up fear to jack up prices.
Horrible BBC, it says there's no shortage of fuel within the UK, but the nationwide lack of HGV drivers means companies can't transport fuel to all the places its needed. It says the country is not going to run out of fuel 'but will face delivery turmoil into 2022'.
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Well this is all going swimmingly, which is what we may have to do soon if this goes on and how long does it take to swim to France anyway? Still, blue passports hey? Eh? Eh? What? What do you mean “they’re black and made in the EU?”, no but Uncle Boris pwomised and…….
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