Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Drivers should not panic buy fuel, the transport secretary has said following the closure of some petrol forecourts.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps urged motorists to “carry on as normal” amid concerns around a shortage of fuel. BP said it had closed a “handful” of its petrol forecourts due to a lack of available fuel, while ExxonMobil, which owns Esso, said a “small number” of Tesco refilling stations have also been impacted. READ: BP close some sites and ration fuel deliveries due to shortage of HGV drivers On Friday morning queues started to form outside some filling stations in the UK.
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