behaving quite responsibly, actually, and i think people should buy petrol actually, and i think people should buy petrol as normal. clearly we have buy petrol as normal. clearly we have got buy petrol as normal. clearly we have got the army on standby and preventative measures. we have tried to alleviate preventative measures. we have tried to alleviate the hgv driver shortage by relaxing visa rules. we are working by relaxing visa rules. we are working closely with the industry, my department and the department for transport, my department and the department for transport, and i think the situation is stabilising. is stabilising. let s talk to james sencer, is stabilising. let s talk to james spencer, managing is stabilising. let s talk to james spencer, managing director - is stabilising. let s talk to james spencer, managing director of l spencer, managing director of portland fuels which delivers commercial view across the uk. are you able to do that and do you have
working on it. - senior government ministers are meeting to discuss the closure of some petrol stations, because of a shortage of delivery drivers. queues are forming at several forecourts, despite government pleas for people not to panic buy fuel. both bp and esso have closed some petrol stations because of supply problems. borisjohnson is understood to be considering relaxing visa rules to allow more foreign truck drivers into britain, to ease fuel shortages. our business correspondent, theo leggett, reports. queues outside petrol stations they ve been appearing up and down the country as motorists worry they might not be able to fill up.
i definitely want to keep just improving and being the best version of myself on the court and off the court and maximising my potential, and i still think i have a lot of room for development in terms of my tennis career and where it can go. yeah, excited to start working on it. you can watch that in full over on bbc iplayer. that is all from me. join lizzie and the team for sportsday 6:30 p:m.. that is all from me. thank you. borisjohnson is understood to be considering relaxing visa rules to allow more foreign truck drivers into britain, to ease fuel shortages. long queues have been reported outside several petrol stations today, despite appeals from ministers to motorists not to panic buy fuel. let s discuss the whole panic buying phenomenon. joining me now is professor richard bentall, a professor of clinical psychology at the university of sheffield, who studied panic buying, including at the start
today at 5pm: ministers meet to discuss supply problems at petrol stations across the country the government says people should carry on buying petrol as normal. if you don t need to fill up, don t fill up. there is no shortage. if you are unlucky enough when you do need fuel that a site is out, the chances are the next nearest one won t be. borisjohnson is understood to be considering relaxing visa rules to allow more foreign truck drivers into britain, to ease fuel shortages. we ll have the latest from westminster in the next couple of minutes. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: three schoolchildren have been sentenced to a total of 28 years for killing reading teenager olly stephens in a berkshire beauty spot in january. his family call for
hello again. you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. the headlines: the government urges motorists not to panic buy fuel, as it s thought to be considering relaxing visa rules to allow more foreign truck drivers into britain, to ease fuel shortages. three school children have been sentenced to a total of 28 years for killing reading teenager olly stephens in a berkshire beauty spot in january. police release cctv footage of a man wanted over the killing of sabina nessa in south east london, as they continue to question another man on suspicion of her murder. tonight, a vigil will be held a week after the 28 year old was attacked as she walked to meet a friend at a pub. a new report warns it could take a decade to clear the backlog of cancer treatment in england.