Behave normally, fuel-starved Britons told

Cars queue up at a petrol and diesel filling station, Begelly, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain, September 24, 2021. [Reuters]

BP said nearly a third of its British petrol stations had run out of the two main grades of fuel on Sunday as panic buying continued despite the government pleading with motorists to behave normally and insisting there was no fundamental shortage.