The Latest Breaking News from Petrol

France travel warning for Brits as country hit by severe fuel shortages

More than a quarter of petrol stations in France have no supplies of at least one type of fuel.

Daily Record · Oct 12, 2022

Centre to bear Rs 22,000 crore burden for keeping LPG prices in check

NEW DELHI: The Centre will pay Rs 22,000 crore as a one-time grant to state-run fuel retailers to compensate them for keeping price of LPG — liquefied petroleum gas supplied as cooking fuel to households — in check in spite of a surge in the benchmark rates.

The Times of India · Oct 12, 2022

Creeslough mum praises digger driver who kept searching for missing teen's body 24 hours after petrol explosion

Donna Harper has opened up about her 14-year-old daughter, Leona, who was killed in the petrol explosion at Applegreen filling station in Donegal last Friday.

Daily Record · Oct 12, 2022

Long Petrol Queues Frustrate Tunisians

Frustrated motorists queued in long lines outside Tunisian petrol stations on Tuesday even after the energy minister had said a shortage would end on Monday with a new delivery of fuel. Many petrol stations started running out of fuel over the weekend as imports slowed and national supplies dropped, leading…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 12, 2022

Knifeman threatens Clydebank petrol station workers during 'distressing' armed robbery

Detectives are appealing for information following the armed robbery on Great Western Road in Clydebank.

Glasgow Live · Oct 12, 2022

France travel warning issued to anyone from UK going on holiday

Garages across France have been running out of petrol and diesel, which may be a problem for people travelling to the country for a holiday this month

Chronicle Live · Oct 12, 2022

Girl, 5, killed in petrol station explosion was found wrapped in her dad's arms

Shauna Flanagan Garwe and dad Robert Garwe had gone to get mum Aine a birthday cake

Manchester Evening News · Oct 12, 2022

Workers at France’s refineries and fuel depots vote to continue strikes

Striking French oil refinery employees voted Wednesday to maintain blockades now in their third week, despite a government order for some of them to return to work in a bid to get fuel supplies flowing.

France 24 · Oct 12, 2022

France orders fuel depot strikers back to work, union vows to challenge it

France on Wednesday ordered some staff at an Exxon Mobil fuel depot back to work and warned a TotalEnergies depot could be next, risking a wider conflict with trade unions as it battles to secure petrol supplies after weeks of strikes.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

French PM orders staff back to work to unblock fuel depots, but strikes continue

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has requisitioned staff at some petrol depots as the government battles to secure fuel supplies following weeks of strikes over a wage dispute. The move puts it on a collision course with the hardline CGT union.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 12, 2022