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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
In the February 1978 petrol tanker drivers' dispute, the Labour home secretary Merlyn Rees approved a secret plan, "Operation Raglan, authorising the requisitioning of vehicles and the use of 3,000 troops to move fuel if the drivers' overtime ban...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
UK fuel panic causes woman to catch fire Newstalk ZB March 31, 2012, 7:26 am A woman has been badly burned in Britain after petrol she was decanting in her kitchen caught alight. People have been panic-buying and stockpiling fuel, after a government...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
News in pictures On Facebook From the blogs The most read blogs from the past week, as determined by stats. There's no love lost between many Labour activists and George Galloway: but hatred has a tendency to... This is not a decision I have taken...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Keep Calm and Carry On, the British government famously advised the citizenry as Nazi bombs rained down during World War II. But as a possible fuel-haulers strike threatened the nation with gas shortages this week, the message ringing out from the...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Richard Sellers/Allstar David Cameron sought to reassure motorists that petrol supplies will not run out after a serious fire involving a woman decanting petrol in her kitchen cast doubt on the government's decision to encourage stockpiling.
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
News in pictures On Facebook From the blogs A new technology is being developed that listens to your conversations at home and offers targeted a... There's no love lost between many Labour activists and George Galloway: but hatred has a tendency to.
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
There's no love lost between many Labour activists and George Galloway: but hatred has a tende... This is not a decision I have taken lightly and I don't need to be harassed, wrote one woman recen.....The changeover from one spring month to another...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
58 I find it hard to feel sympathy for the woman, what a complete fool and totally her own fault. Why does she think we turn engines off and don't smoke while tanking the car up. You can't blame Maude for suggessting filling a jerry can, but you can'...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Under EU rules, drivers are limited to nine hours on the road each day, but this has now been raised to 11 hours. The new rules will apply until Thursday and have been introduced after requests from the fuel supply industry. The news came as the...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Businesses express fears Queues have formed at some petrol stations across the UK Some small businesses are already feeling the effect of disruption caused by the pressure of demand at the UK's petrol pumps. One business group leader said that a fuel...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Government advice to stockpile petrol before a possible strike by tanker drivers is under renewed criticism after a woman suffered severe burns while decanting fuel, and union leaders said there were no imminent plans...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Britain's fuel panic claimed its first casualty Friday after a woman suffered serious burns when fuel she had stored in her home under government advice ahead of a possible strike ignited. Prime Minister David Cameron's government has felt the heat...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
News in pictures On Facebook From the blogs This is not a decision I have taken lightly and I don't need to be harassed, wrote one woman recen.....The cuts are real, they've begun, and they are set to continue for .....The rhetoric that has come to...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
This is from Toby Harris, a former chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority. This woman was following advice from Govt Minister Francis Maude & ends up with 40% burns. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan Disgraceful...Lord Toby Harris (@LordTobySays) March 30,...
