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About 90% of England's petrol stations are out of fuel, after panic buying and a post-Brexit shortage of tanker drivers.
The UK is down an est. 100,000 drivers. The government is issuing 5,000 short-term visas for foreign drivers to avoid pre-Christmas fuel/food shortages.
UK fuel shortage: Long petrol station queues as drivers defy appeals not to panic buy
Queues of cars have been spotted outside petrol stations across the country as motorists fear supplies of fuel might run low, but government and petrol suppliers say the issue will blow over.
Motorists have been panic-buying petrol and diesel this morning as news broke of forecourts closing.
BP, Esso and Tesco have closed small numbers of their petrol stations due to a lack of lorry drivers to deliver the fuel.
But drivers are being warned not to overreact and panic buy fuel.
A spokesman for the prime minister said the government acknowledged that there were "issues facing many industries across the UK, and not just in terms of HGV drivers".
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