UK: Threat of fuel protests returns as cost of petrol hits

Ministers are preparing for a fresh confrontation with the road haulage industry as the


About 250 lorries caused disruption in Central London, evoking memories of the refinery blockades of September 2000. Further protests are to be staged by hauliers and farmers around the country as campaigners try to keep the issue in the public eye.

A spokesman for Transaction-2007, which organised yesterday