Oil companies BP and Shell are being investigated over allegations of price-fixing, distortions that could have harmed ordinary consumers. Norwegia...
A man accused of starting a fire that killed six of his children has told a court he did not shower or use the bath for 12 weeks before the incident. ...
Rising car costs could drive young motorists off the road, according to a survey. Drivers fear the cost of motoring could double to as much as £4,...
The Office For Fair Trading (OFT) has disappointed millions of businesses by declaring petrol price increases were caused by increases in tax and the ...
Analysts were taken by surprise on Friday after the Office for National Statistics revealed retail sales fell by 0.1% after remaining flat in November...
The Government's 3p-a-litre rise in fuel duty planned for January could lead to 35,000 job losses, campaigners said on Sunday. The rise could also ...
The price of North Sea oil dropped to $108.19 (£64) in a trader sell-off on Wednesday following rumours that Saudi Arabia is to increase its supply. ...
The Office of Fair Trading has launched a review into whether reductions in the price of crude oil are being passed on to motorists. The watchdog c...
Panic buying at the pumps earlier this year brought the UK's long-term fall in petrol sales to a halt, figures on Monday showed. But prices were so...
UK petrol prices have for the second month running fallen by more than 4p a litre, the AA said. It is a reduction not seen since the price collapse...
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's sparked the latest round of the petrol price cutting war by announcing it will reduce its forecourt prices by 3p a litre...
The price of petrol at the pumps has risen to a new high, the AA said. After a brief halt following weeks of increases, the average cost of petrol ...
Unite's deadline for declaring strikes in the fuel tanker drivers dispute has been extended so that peace talks can continue. Under employment law,...
The government has been spinning out of control in a 'petrol panic', not least because it's ignoring social psychological research, which now mathematically models and predicts what drives rumour and panic.
Talks aimed at resolving the fuel tanker drivers dispute are to be held on Wednesday, Acas has announced. The conciliation service has been in cont...
Why oh why didn't I panic buy? I watch Britain's Got Talent! I know who Gazza is! Hell, I may never have made a purchase from Greggs but I've eaten a pasty in my time!
"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, t...
The AA has warned of "stupid and very dangerous" actions being taken by panicked drivers. In a statement, the motoring organisation said that in Ma...
Ed Balls has accused ministers of deliberately inciting a panic over fuel supplies in order to distract from bad headlines, after the Unite union said...
Welcome to this week's round-up of funny tweets! And what a week it's been. Pasties are set to be taxed, first-class stamps are set to be more expensi...
If social media networks are to be believed everyone is deriding those who are queuing around the block for fuel, but someone must be doing it because there are long queues everywhere.
I am now foreseeing our country is reduced to a circus of protesters and panic buyers, who would happily march on to Downing Street, Buckingham Palace and KFC until their opposed "madness" was brought to a swift resolution.
I have killed a man. I am not proud of this fact. But I had no choice. He looked at my jerry can.
A woman was badly burned when petrol ignited as she transferred it between containers in her kitchen, a fire service said today. The woman, named l...
Ministers will discuss emergency plans to deal with a tanker driver strike with haulier bosses today amid continued panic-buying at the pumps. Ener...
