this is really continuing to be a serious crisis for the 25 million or so people living in london and the home counties. as well as the military, up to 300 foreign tanker drivers will be allowed into the uk immediately. several weeks before the wider visa scheme comes into effect. this isn tjust about petrol stations and panic buying fuel. the shortage of hgv and tanker drivers could impact other essential services and products, with borisjohnson refusing to rule out supply chain problems continuing until christmas. temporary working permits are also being offered to more than ii,500 food haulage drivers who could deliver to supermarkets. another 5,500 will be given to foreign poultry workers. the uk government are obviously keen to avoid more chaotic scenes, and negative headlines. charlotte gallagher, bbc news.
haulage association has said a 100,000 drivers are needed and that this offer of 5000 visas to foreign drivers, hgv drivers, is not going to sort this problem out. let’s drivers, hgv drivers, is not going to sort this problem out.- to sort this problem out. let s go on to the telegraph, to sort this problem out. let s go on to the telegraph, shall - to sort this problem out. let s go on to the telegraph, shall we? . on to the telegraph, shall we? cancer appointments delayed by the fuel crisis and you were saying, richard, early on, that you have been carving some of those stories in your area as well. = been carving some of those stories in your area as well. in your area as well. - covering. there is a in your area as well. - covering. there is a huge in your area as well. - covering. there is a huge knock-on - in your area as well. - covering. there is a huge knock-on effect| in your area as well. - covering. - there is a huge knock-on effect that there is a huge knock on ef
results suggest the social democratic party has edged ahead of the conservative cdu party. the army could be deployed to drive petrol tankers in an effort to resolve the empty fuel pumps in many parts of the uk. ever have a britain s fuel stations are thought to have run dry after days of cues. this is one of the forecourts which were forced to close today, the result of motorists panic buying fuel. a mental health nurse told us she struggled to get to work. because of panic buying, there was nothing left. i live 14 miles away from work. work then had to call me a taxi to bring me in, which is costing the nhs money. a group which speaks for more than 5,000 independent fuel retailers said the impact had been severe. there is a large number more than half which have already run dry, and those others are running dry quite quickly.
bbc s correspondent has this report. this is one of the forecourts which were forced to close today, the result of motorists panic buying fuel. a mental health nurse told us she struggled to get to work. because of panic buying, there was nothing left. i live 1a miles away from work. work then had to call me a taxi to bring me in, which is costing the nhs money. a group which speaks for more than 5,000 independent fuel retailers said the impact had been severe. there is a large number more than half which have already run dry, and those others are running dry quite quickly. the first limited supply issues were down to a lack of tanker drivers, that s highlighted a wider lorry driver shortage a long standing problem that s got worse. the government has today announced new measures aimed at tackling that, including 5,000 visas lasting only until christmas eve. we would have liked to have seen it four months, but, you know, we will take what we can, but it s not
the empty fuel pumps in many parts of the country. over half of britain s fuel stations are thought to have run dry after days of cues. this is one of the forecourts which were forced to close today. the result of motorists panic buying fuel. this is one of the forecourts which were forced to close today, the result of motorists panic buying fuel. a mental health nurse told us she struggled to get to work. because of panic buying, there was nothing left. i live 1a miles away from work. work then had to call me a taxi to bring me in, which is costing the nhs money. a group which speaks for more than 5,000 independent fuel retailers said the impact had been severe. there is a large number more than half which have already run dry, and those others are running dry quite quickly. the first limited supply issues were down to a lack of tanker drivers, that s highlighted a wider lorry driver shortage a long standing problem that s got worse. the government has today announced new measur