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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Hannah Roberts & Lucy Skoulding

Petrol shortages in parts of UK ahead of Easter as travellers face traffic chaos

Petrol stations across the south of England are facing huge fuel shortages ahead of the Easter weekend, as roads are expected to be the busiest they've been in eight years.

Some fuel stations have been struggling to get any petrol at all, which is partly due to the war in Ukraine and also due to climate activists protesting at refineries.

As Russia is one of the largest exporters of oil in the world, sanctions on the country after it invaded Ukraine have caused petrol prices to shoot up.

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