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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-28T11:32:23.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "UK to miss 2030 electric car goals with chargers 'not as reliable as a petrol station'",
    "British drivers issued urgent warning of 'significant changes' at Port of Dover next month",
    "Motorhome and campervan bans risk driving tourists out of Britain, campaigners warn",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nPetrol and diesel drivers continue to face sky-high fuel prices at forecourts, following concerns that some filling stations could face shortages.\n\nFresh data from RAC Fuel Watch shows that drivers are paying an average of more than 150p for petrol and 177p for diesel amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSimon Williams, head of policy at the RAC, described it as an \"unwelcome milestone\", noting that petrol prices have not been this high since mid-May two years ago.\n\nDrivers are being warned that prices will continue to rise over the coming days and weeks, with fears that diesel could cost £1.82 a litre by Easter.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nFears have also been heightened after Allan Leighton, executive chairman of Asda, warned that higher fuel demand had led to local \"spikes\".\n\nHe suggested that \"the odd pump\" was affected at some petrol stations around the UK, although there are no fears around supplies at Asda forecourts.\n\nAn Asda spokesperson said all forecourts around the UK are receiving their normal fuel deliveries and are operating as usual.\n\n\"From time to time, an individual pump may be briefly unavailable while it is being refilled, but customers will continue to have access to fuel across our estate,\" the spokesperson added.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA spokesperson for Fuels Industry UK said: \"Companies are monitoring the fuel supply situation closely and reporting regularly into the energy department on the status now and for the weeks ahead.\n\n\"Supply remains stable in the UK and our members are working hard to ensure that remains the case.\"\n\nA Treasury source said: \"We took action precisely to prevent companies exploiting this crisis - and if they do, we will clamp down on it – because Labour is on the side of working people.\"\n\nGB News has rounded up the most expensive petrol and diesel prices in the UK, according to the most up-to-date analysis from the Government's Fuel Finder tool.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * UK to miss 2030 electric car goals with chargers 'not as reliable as a petrol station'\n  * British drivers issued urgent warning of 'significant changes' at Port of Dover next month\n  * Motorhome and campervan bans risk driving tourists out of Britain, campaigners warn\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### Most expensive petrol prices\n\nCluanie Inn Hotel, Glenmoriston, Inverness (IV63 7YW) - 188.38p\n\nShell Taunton Deane South, Taunton, Somerset (TA3 7PF) - 179.9p\n\nChatham Road Service Station, Maidstone, Kent (ME14 2ND) - 179.9p\n\nShell Chesterfield South and North, Tibshelf, Derbyshire (DE55 5TZ) - 179.9p\n\nRownhams West and East MWSA, Southampton, Hampshire (SO16 8AP) - 179.9p\n\nMichaelwood North and South SFC MWSA, Dursley, Gloucestershire (GL11 6DD) - 179.9p\n\nWinchester South and North Connect MWSA, Winchester, Hampshire (SO21 1PP) - 179.9p\n\nReading West and East Connect MWSA, Reading, Berkshire (RG30 3UQ) - 179.9p\n\nStrensham MWSA Connect, Strensham, Worcestershire (WR8 9LJ) - 179.9p\n\nNorton Canes Connect MWSA, Cannock, Staffordshire (WS11 9UX) - 179.9p\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### Most expensive diesel prices\n\nA&C Maclean, Castlebay, Isle of Barra (HS9 5XD) - 210p\n\nOak Service Station, Felsted, Dunmow (CM6 3LD) - 199.9p\n\nStratton Motor Company Norfolk Ltd, Long Stratton, Norwich (NR15 2XJ) - 199.9p\n\nMFG Gretna (MSA), Gretna, Dumfrieshire (DG16 5HQ) - 195.9P\n\nMFG Maidstone (MSA), Hollingbourne, Kent (ME17 1SS) - 195.9p\n\nMFG Thurrock (MSA), Grays, Essex (RM16 3BG) - 195.9p\n\nMFG Park Lane, Westminster, London (W1K 7HB) - 195.9p\n\nFM Auto Repairs, Lumsden, Huntly (AB54 4JP) - 192.9p\n\nRothesay Motor Services, Rothesay, Isle of Bute (PA20 0DJ) - 192p\n\nRownhams West and East MWSA, Southampton, Hampshire (SO16 8AP) - 191.9p\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Petrol and diesel drivers left in limbo amid fuel shortage fears and soaring prices"
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