Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The level of abuse aimed at petrol station workers amid a recent spate of panic buying is "completely unacceptable", the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has said.
The PRA, which represents two-thirds of filling stations across the UK, said it was disappointed to hear of staff at forecourts experiencing "a high level of both verbal and physical abuse".
Reports last week that a shortage of tanker drivers was threatening UK fuel supplies prompted a wave of panic-buying over the weekend. READ MORE: Army to begin training to deliver petrol as Boris Johnson says situation is 'improving' It led to long queues at petrol stations as drivers tried to fill
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