Military arrives to ease fuel crisis, as shortages continue across London and south-east – business live

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Members of the armed forces arrived at the Buncefield oil depot in Hemel Hempstead this morning, as the military was drafted in to deliver fuel to UK petrol stations.

Soldiers, in uniform and wearing face masks, were spotted walking near the gates to the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal.

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