Fuel protests lead to queues at some petrol pumps

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Drivers have faced long queues at petrol stations as protests have led to fuel shortages. Demonstrators have disrupted fuel deliveries at sites across the Midlands, Hertfordshire, Essex, Warwickshire and other locations.

On Sunday Just Stop Oil activities dug an underground tunnel to block fuel tankers at the BP Kingsbury Terminal near Tamworth in Warwickshire. Meanwhile activities also locked themselves in at the Buncefield and Grays terminals.

One in three petrol stations in parts of the UK are closed, according to The Sun, after protesters interfered with deliveries of fuel. Campaign group Fair Fuel UK says 1,200 pumps south of the Midlands have run dry, tweeting: "We are getting credible intelligence that 1 in 3 garages have run dry of petrol and/or diesel particularly in the south, because of the ‘stop oil’ amoebas."

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Home Secretary Priti Patel said: "Hard-working people across our country are seeing their lives brought to a standstill by selfish, fanatical and frankly dangerous so-called activists."

Protesters from the campaign group Just Stop Oil have been blocking oil distribution sites since the start of the month - with blockades across roads and a series of tunnels being dug. They have also been chaining themselves to oil pipelines.

As well as protests taking place across the Midlands and the south, the Sun says most petrol stations in Cambridgeshire were either empty or very busy on Sunday. There have been a reported 800 arrests since the protests began.

It comes after more than 20 protesters arrived at Exolum Storage in Grays, Essex on Sunday morning. Assistant Chief Constable Glen Pavelin said: “We cannot stand by while criminal acts