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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 ...
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Robbers strike at Rochdale petrol station
Two men wearing balaclavas stole money from a petrol station in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on Monday 20 January. The offenders walked into the shop at Hopwood Service station on Rochdale Road at around 7.25am and one of them jumped over the counter. Both demanded the staff member gave them money ...
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Petrol prices at three-year low says RAC
The average price of petrol has fallen below the 130p mark for the first time since the end of February 2011, according to the RAC, while diesel has also come down to its lowest price since mid-July 2012. Quoting prices provided by Fuel Prices Online, which uses wholesale pricing information ...
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Man seriously injured in petrol tanker collision
A man has been taken to hospital in Inverness, Scotland, with serious injuries following a crash involving a petrol tanker. Officers from the Highlands and Islands Division of Police Scotland are appealing for information following a two vehicle collision which occurred on the A9 at Poles, near Dornoch. The collision ...
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Costco to start work on first UK petrol station
Asda’s reputation as the provider of the UK’s cheapest fuel could soon face a stiff challenge when Costco opens its first petrol filling station in this country. As Forecourt Trader revealed last summer the US giant applied for and was then granted planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS) ...
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Attempted robbery at petrol station in Aberdeen
Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted robbery at the BP petrol station on King Street, Aberdeen. The incident happened at around 8.30pm on Thursday 16 January, and the first male suspect is described as being around 5 foot 8in tall, of slim build and wearing a black hooded ...
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NewsPetrol prices set to move down
Petrol prices are set to ease downwards as economic, fiscal and commodity trends combine to provide some positive news for UK motorists, according to the PRA. Brian Madderson, PRA chairman commented: “A number of key factors and forecasts are combining to give a positive spin to the outlook for retail ...
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Petrol addict arrested on forecourt
A man addicted to sniffing and drinking petrol has been given a suspended prison sentence after twice breaching an ASBO banning him from petrol stations. Brian Taylor, 45, from Redcar in North Yorkshire, was banned from petrol stations after attacking pumps, including cutting fuel lines, in order to get at ...