Petrol update
By 3pm a queue of cars had built up outside the station.
At Sainsbury’s petrol station on the Shires Retail Park at Warwick, there was still petrol today but supplies of diesel had run out.
Staff at Tesco’s in Emscote Road, Warwick, were told not to contact their separate petrol outlet to avoid panic.
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Hide AdThe government is still urging people to take “sensible precautions” in case of the threatened strike by fuel tanker drivers but said there was no need to panic buy despite Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude advising motorists to store some extra petrol in jerry cans.
Members of the Fire Brigades Union urged Mr Maude to withdraw this statement.
At the Milverton Total station on Rugby Road there were supplies of both petrol and diesel but Asda at Sydenham had no diesel and were expecting their petrol to run out by the early afternoon.
In Kenilworth the Shell garage on Warwick Road reported having both petrol and diesel in the pumps.