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Sunday, 12 June 2022

BBC News

• Forecourt fuel thefts rise as petrol prices soarThere has been an increase in motorists driving off without paying or claiming they have no wallet.

The Guardian

• Record UK petrol price risks a mass exodus of essential workersCommunity health workers, cab drivers, couriers and van drivers are ‘paying to go to work’The record increase in fuel prices could spark a mass exodus of staff who rely on their vehicles for work, trade unions and drivers have warned.On Thursday, the price of a litre of unleaded petrol hit 182.31p, meaning the cost of filling an average family car hit £100 for the first time. Some employees who need to drive for their jobs are spending as much as £350 a week on fuel and others are ‘paying to go to workâ’ Continue reading...

Times Online

• Readers’ poll: should the government cut tax on petrol and diesel? [subscription]The sharp rise in fuel prices has led to a bonanza for the Treasury. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the government has made an estimated £7.9 billion from taxes on petrol and diesel, 12 per cent more than in the same period last year.
• Who’s making the money on fuel — and how high could prices go? [subscription]While drivers suffer, the chancellor is quids in, and oil companies have ‘more cash than they know what to do with’

City AM

• Fuel pump theft on the rise as petrol reaches £100 for first timeThefts at fuel pumps have soared as Britons are increasingly struggling to pay for the petrol and diesel to fill up their cars. According to data from Forecourt Eye, non-payment methods such as driving away or pretending not to have a a wallet have gone up 39 per cent since January. “This is not a [...] The post Fuel pump theft on the rise as petrol reaches £100 for first time appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Scots Government urged to give drivers petrol price checker site to cut costsThe price of litre of petrol and diesel in parts of Scotland passed £2 mark last week while motorists in Northern Ireland pay 35p less.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Petrol filling and EV charging station plan for Canal Road approvedA NEW electric vehicle charging hub, petrol station and 24-hour-shop can be built on a former car showroom site on one of the city’s busiest roads.

Northern Echo

• Queues of traffic greet vehicles travelling to Teesside AirshowGRIDLOCKED traffic and long congestion queues have greeted those that are travelling to Teesside Airshow on Saturday (June 11) morning - as visitors look to battle miles of other cars to get to the event.

Other Regional Press

• Teesside Airshow organiser says 'it's one of them things' amid fury over roads gridlockChris Petty said 'if we could change things and fly everybody in then we would' after the event was marred by huge delays
• Cost of living: price of petrol exceeds £100 per tankThe average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol has exceeded £100 for the first time.
• Teesside Airshow traffic chaos as thousands caught up in gridlock and cars abandoned as 20,000 go to see Red ArrowsAround 20,000 people at Teesside Airshow, held at Teesside International Airport - but many didn't make it due to traffic chaos