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Sam Barker & Aaron Morris

Cost of filling up family car hits £100 as fuel prices rocket to new record high

Drivers this morning passed a sad UK milestone today, with the price of standard petrol surpassing £100 per tank for the first time, according to the RAC.

Record highs have been set for petrol with a 55-litre tank setting motorists back £100.27, while the same volume of diesel is sitting around £103.43.

This means that Petrol is 182.31p per litre on average today rising 1.5p from yesterday, with diesel also rising 1.4p to 188.05p per litre in the last 24 hours.

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