Prime Minister Tony Blair vows to get the tankers moving again within 24 hours. Motorists' tempers flare at the few remaining petrol stations with fuel stocks, as forecourt staff try to ration purchases to 5-worth of petrol each. A total of 280 tankers leave depots around the UK, in addition to the 60 which pulled out on Tuesday night - just a fraction of the 3,000 deliveries typically made each day. The M25 - unusually empty of delivery lorries Some 200 truckers park up along Park Lane, bringing parts of central London to a standstill. Food rationing returns to Britain as panic buying shifts to supermarkets.
Some shops are bare of bread and milk.
The NHS is put on red alert - which means at a moment's notice, all hospitals must be ready to cancel all but emergency cases. Royal Hull Hospital runs out of stitches for use in operations. While Mr Blair welcomes the end, he again rules out capitulating to protesters' demands for tax cuts to bring the price of fuel down. As the petrol drought forces drivers onto public transport, bus companies across the country curtail services to conserve dwindling fuel stocks. More disease outbreaks 'likely' MS patients sign for cannabis trials Woman appears on murder charge Links to more UK stories are at the foot of the page.