the rail operator southeastern is stripped of its franchise, after £25 million of historical payments were not paid to the department for transport. delegates at the labour conference will vote on a minimum wage of £15 an hour. andy mcdonald quit the shadow cabinet in protest at the opposition of the leadership to the proposal. liverpool legend roger hunt has died at the age of 83. james bond is back. the much anticipated final performance from daniel craig premiers in london tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the transport secretary, grant shapps, says after days of fuel shortages at the pumps, there are indications the situation is stabilising. the petrol retailers association says anecdotal evidence from its members suggests demand on forecourts is still significantly higher than normal but not as high as it was this weekend. the government is still putting the army on standby to drive tankers but mr shapps said the measures already put in place
Terms of the strategy the government has approached this with and yesterday it was a sense of trying to ignore it, really, and hope it goes away, but today there is more reassurance from ministers and i would not be surprised if that continues over the course of the day. i suppose, continues over the course of the day. isuppose, the continues over the course of the day. i suppose, the other element is whether the government starts to feel more political heat on this and whether the labour party starts to talk more about this. ed miliband, the shadow energy secretary, he said this afternoon that this is a crisis that was made in downing street, and i wonder if we will hear more pressure from the opposition about giving priority to key workers when it comes to filling up their tanks because even if the strategy of the government, hoping that this starts to go away works, it will be another 48 hours or so before it gets back to normal. we have heard from unions and industry bodies saying
Stayed in the queue for an hour, and this was a different fuel stations, petrol station, so the one in the morning was shut down, i went to a different one and stayed there for an hour and there was no petrol again. so i had to cancel my shift and let my manager and staff who are coordinating in the ward no, so i was quite stressful for them that i had to cancel my shift, a lot of pressure on the ward as well. find pressure on the ward as well. and tirina for pressure on the ward as well. and tiring for you pressure on the ward as well. and tiring for you at pressure on the ward as well. and tiring for you at the end of a long shift and then having to get up early before your next shift to try and find petrol. the obvious question is, did you sleep very well that night? question is, did you sleep very well that niuht? ., .. ,
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