British military begins deliveries to ease UK fuel supply crisis

LONDON — The British military started delivering fuel to petrol stations on Monday, after a tanker driver shortage sparked two weeks of panic buying by motorists.Troops in fatigues drove tankers from Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead 32 kilometres north of London after the military was put on stand-by last week.Some 200 military personnel, half of them drivers, are

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