UK: Soaring demand pushes price of diesel to record level

The cost of diesel fuel in forecourts has risen to a new high, the AA said, and the price is rising faster than that for petrol.

The average price of diesel in the UK is now 114.25p ($2.26 litre or $8.54 US gallon) a litre – a near-5p rise on the average price a month ago. The average petrol price is 106.75p a litre – 2.74p more than a month ago. That makes a litre of diesel 7.49p more expensive than petrol, compared with 5.1p at the start of the year and the previous highest gap of 5.67p in November 2006.
Independent