All Petrol articles – Page 12
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NewsMP calls for petrol stations to help stop anti-social behaviour
A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that petrol stations should “stop selling petrol to people who are driving motorbikes illegally and looking suspicious” to crack down on anti-social behaviour. Kingston upon Hull North MP Diana Johnson said there was a “scourge of motorbikes being used for anti-social ...
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NewsProsecution of petrol stations for red diesel fraud is abandoned
An HM Customs & Excise (HMRC) prosecution of petrol station owners for red diesel fraud has been abandoned after a linked trial collapsed. The story was covered by the BBC on its website and on its news programmes on Sunday April 29. In its TV report it showed pictures of ...
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NewsNarrow escape after car smashes into petrol station shop
Staff and customers had a narrow escape after a car smashed into the front of a petrol station near Hull on Saturday April 28. A driver is being investigated by police after the car ploughed through the garage forecourt on the A63 in the middle of the afternoon, narrowly missing ...
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NewsPetrol stations in Durham partner police in off-road bike crackdown
Durham Constabulary has reported that working with petrol stations across County Durham and Darlington is helping in a crackdown against off-road bikers who are causing a nuisance in their community. The force receives about 3,000 reports of anti-social behaviour caused by nuisance off-road motorbikes and quadbikes every year and now ...
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NewsPetrol car sales overtake diesel in EU for the first time
For the first year since monitoring started, petrol cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU in 2017, constituting almost 53 % of sales, according to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Diesel cars made up 45 % of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the ...
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NewsTwo petrol filling stations sold by Christie & Co
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has completed the sale of two petrol filling stations located in the North West of England, Rossendale Service Station and Newland Garage. Rossendale Service Station, a high-turnover Shell-branded filling station situated between the towns of Rossendale and Waterfoot in Lancashire, has been acquired ...
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NewsPenny Petroleum buys site in Houghton-le-Spring
Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum Group has acquired Fencehouses Service Station in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, through specialist business property adviser Christie & Co, for an undisclosed price. The petrol filling station has an unbranded forecourt shop and additional rental income from two tenants, a long-standing car sales and a pizza ...
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National Grid wants earlier petrol and diesel ban
MPs have been told that National Grid would support bringing forward the date when sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned to 2030.Graeme Cooper, director for electric vehicles at National Grid, said the network would have the required capacity if the target date of 2040 was brought ...
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NewsWoman banned from begging at petrol station
A Surrey woman appeared at Guildford County Court last month for breaching her ASB (anti-social behavior) Injunction by begging at the Esso Petrol Station on the A31, Hogs Back. Julie Ann Stevens, who first received an Injunction last October at Guildford County Court (which prohibited her from begging within 20 ...
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NewsNational Grid backs 2030 cut-off for new petrol and diesel cars
MPs have been told that National Grid would support bringing forward the date when sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned to 2030. Graeme Cooper, director for electric vehicles at National Grid, said the network would have the required capacity if the target date of 2040 was ...
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NewsMPs call for ban on diesel and petrol cars to be brought forward
The Government’s plan to ban the sale of new conventional diesel and petrol cars from 2040 “lacks sufficient ambition” and should be brought forward, an influential group of MPs have said. They also warn the government will have to do far more if it is not to miss its targets ...
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NewsPlan for petrol price signs on motorways abandoned
Motorway fuel price signs will not be rolled out across the network, after a pilot scheme failed to deliver the hoped for benefits, Highways England has announced. Signs showing the price of fuel at up-coming motorway service stations were introduced on a section of the M5 between Bristol and Exeter ...
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NewsACS calls for incentives for petrol stations to install EV chargers
Petrol stations at strategic points in the UK should be incentivised to invest in electric car (EC) charging, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). It said this would be a much better way to develop a network of charging facilities than simply forcing all “large fuel retailers” to ...
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NewsKent Police seeking three men after burglary at petrol station
Kent police officers are appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a petrol station. The Jet petrol station on the north bound side of Main Road, Chattenden, was reported to have been burgled at around 1.45am on Wednesday 14 February. Three men are reported to have broken into the shop ...
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NewsAsda cuts price of petrol and diesel
Asda has cut unleaded petrol and diesel prices by “up to 2ppl” just one day after the RAC told supermarkets there was scope for 3ppl cut. Asda now has a price cap of 118.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 119.7ppl on diesel, effective from this morning (Friday February 9). Dave Tyrer, ...
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NewsFuel delivery company aims to replace petrol stations
A company aiming to replace petrol stations by delivering fuel directly to consumers and businesses has received a £1.8m cash injection from investors. Zebra Fuel was set up in 2016 and uses a fleet of specially adapted vans to dispense fuel directly into the customer’s vehicle. Currently it only delivers ...
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NewsPRA warns petrol price could rise to 130ppl
The PRA has warned independent forecourt operators that a fall in the strength of sterling could potentially see petrol back to 130ppl in the spring. PRA chairman Brian Madderson commented: “Just a modest fall back in sterling’s rare strength against the US dollar with crude oil prices forging further ahead, ...
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NewsCar crashes into petrol station sign
Three people were taken to hospital after a car being pursued by police crashed into a petrol station sign in Cambridgeshire. A BMW X6 overturned by the Shell garage on the A1, southbound at Buckden, at about 4:30am on Thursday January 25, after failing to stop. Officers from the road ...
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NewsRaider attacks two petrol stations in five minutes
An armed raider attacked two petrol stations within five minutes in South Derbyshire on Friday January 20. Derbyshire police are currently investigating an armed robbery at the Shell Garage on Etwall Road at the services at the Toyota roundabout at the junction of the A38 and A50 at around 11.15pm. ...
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NewsPhase out of petrol and diesel cars may be earlier
The government may have to phase out sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans earlier than its target date of 2040, according to a watchdog set up by Parliament. The Committee on Climate Change has reviewed the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy and reported that it in order to ...