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NewsPetrol sales hit all-time low
Sales of petrol plummeted to the lowest level on record in March despite an average price below 130ppl. Latest petrol sales figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that UK drivers this March bought 1.367 billion litres compared to 1.375 billion litres last March, which was the previous lowest ...
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Lightning strikes for second time at Dorset petrol station
A petrol station in Christchurch, Dorset, has been struck by lightning for the second time this year. Staff in the shop at the BP garage in Somerford Road reported the building vibrating and the power shorting out when the lightning struck at around 2pm on Monday. The fire brigade was ...
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Police release CCTV images after petrol station threats
Nottinghamshire Police have this week released CCTV images of a man they they want to question about an incident where threatening behaviour was used towards staff at a filling station. The incident occurred on February 22, 2014, at the Tesco Express filling station in Clifton Lane, Clifton, Nottingham. The man ...
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Slump in petrol sales hitting supermarkets hardest
The big four supermarkets have been hit hardest by the falling demand for petrol, according to analysis of new government figures by the AA. Despite the lowest prices for three years, demand for petrol from October to December last year fell 4.2% compared with the same period in 2012, but ...
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Thief who drove over petrol station attendant jailed
A man has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to stealing fuel and driving over a petrol station attendant as he made his getaway. Stephen Wilkinson, of no fixed abode, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court to be sentenced on Thursday, March 13, after pleading guilty a month ...
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NewsBlaze at Morrisons petrol station
Firefighters had to rush to an emergency at a Morrisons petrol station when a blaze broke out on a coach on the forecourt. They found the coach “well alight” when they responded to reports of the blaze at the East Yorkshire petrol station. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service was called ...
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Man charged with armed robbery at petrol station
A man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a North Lincolnshire petrol station. Stefan Pavlik, 40, of Dale Street, Scunthorpe, was arrested along with two other men and a teenage boy on Friday following the robbery at Barnetby Top petrol station on Sunday, March 2. He ...
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Police seek armed petrol station robber
Police are looking for a man with a gun who is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the BP petrol station on the A18 at Barnetby Top in North Lincolnshire. Just after 4am on Sunday, a man approached the shop assistant, who was outside on the forecourt sorting ...
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Petrol station worker threatened with knife
Merseyside Police detectives have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an attempted robbery at a petrol station on Tuesday, February 18. Officers were called to Childwall Valley Filling Station in Childwall Valley Road at around 10pm after receiving reports that a ...
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Lorry smashes into petrol station
An articulated lorry ploughed into a Leicestershire petrol station after it was blown off the A47 road by gales late on Friday night. It crashed into one petrol pump, knocking it over, and was brought to a halt when it hit a central concrete pillar supporting the canopy over the ...
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Burglars strike twice at Sheffield petrol station
Police are appealing for witnesses to two burglaries at a petrol station in Sheffield which they believe may be linked. The most recent theft occurred between 2.20am and 2.30am on Wednesday, February 12, at the Murco petrol station in Burncross Road, Chapeltown. Police believe that two offenders forced their way ...
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Morrisons petrol station evacuated
Police had to evacuate a Morrisons petrol forecourt and adjacent McDonalds restaurant in Yeovil, Somerset, after a car crashed into a trolley of liquefied petroleum gas bottles. Police and the fire service attended the incident, which occurred at about 11.30pm on February 9. Two fire appliances and a rescue tender ...
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Spate of buglaries targeting petrol stations
Police are seeking witnesses after a series of burglaries in Warwickshire where cigarettes worth more than £30,000 have been stolen. In each case the burglars entered through the roof of the petrol station store, giving them direct access to the cigarette cabinets. Due to the similar method of entry to ...
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Esso sells 84 petrol stations
A deal to sell 84 service stations to two of the Top 50 Indies has been agreed by Esso Petroleum Company and ROC UK (ExxonMobil). Euro Garages has picked up 48 company-owned service stations in the Midlands and eastern England, and 36 company-owned service stations in south-west England and south ...
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Flooding hits Surrey petrol station’s business
A BP garage on the A22 main road in Surrey has narrowly avoided being flooded after the recent storms and has lost much of its trade after the deluge closed the highway. Sega Para, manager of the service station at Whyteleaf, said the floods had closed the road just down ...
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Moorland’s nearest petrol station open for business
The nearest petrol station to Moorland in Somerset, where residents have had to be evacuated because of flooding, has actually seen an increase in business since the start of the year. Christopher Duckworth, who manages the BP petrol station at Bridgwater, said the floodwaters were about two miles away, and ...
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Police seeking petrol station arsonist
Detectives are appealing for information after a fire was started deliberately at a petrol station in Hoghton, near Preston, Lancashire. Police were called to the Old Oak Service Station on Hoghton Road at 10.25pm on Sunday 19 January following a report of a blaze. It is believed somebody climbed onto ...
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Man jailed for attempt to blow up petrol station
A man has been jailed for trying to cause an explosion by setting fire to a Morrisons petrol station at Milehouse, Staffordshire, with a candle. Michael Lawton told police he had intended to kill himself and take the road where he lived with him, after suffering abuse from nuisance neighbours. ...
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Petrol station manager’s attacker jailed for 11 years
A fuel thief who drove into a petrol station manager and left him with permanent serious injuries has been jailed for 11 years for grievous bodily harm with intent. Lekshmanan Asokkumar, the manager of the Texaco station at West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, tried to stop Joshua Charnley, 19, when he ...
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Teenager guilty of attack on petrol station manager
A teenager who drove into a petrol station manager and left him with permanent serious injuries has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent. Lekshmanan Asokkumar, the manager of the Texaco station at West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, Kent, tried to stop Joshua Charnley, 19, when he went to ...