UK: Soaring petrol prices, fuel rationing introduced to prevent garage drought

Petrol prices around Britain are continuing to soar after talks aimed at averting a strike by workers at the giant Grangemouth oil refinery broke down last night.

A two-day strike by up to 1,200 workers at the site in Scotland will now go ahead on Sunday and Monday, threatening fuel supplies.

More than a quarter of filling stations have increased their unleaded prices and four out of ten have raised their diesel prices since the Grangemouth crisis began on Friday.

Daily Mail