It stated demonstrators were banned from "causing damage to the surface" on or around the M25.
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A spokesman for Insulate Britain said: "We are going nowhere. You can raid our savings. You can confiscate our property. You can deny us our liberty and put us behind bars.
"But shooting the messenger can never destroy the message that this country is going to hell unless you take emergency action to stop putting carbon into the air."
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For 22-year-old Callum - whose surname we're not using to protect his identity - the first day of the panic buying was especially difficult because of how unexpected it was.
"There was two of us, I was at the back trying to usher cars in. And then we found our manager and had security posted for the first time, which is surreal," he says.
He admits being on the forecourt with so many customers has been hard.
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"You've got care workers, NHS staff, police officers and we're having to turn people away because we've got no fuel. Customers have been in tears over it."
"It's been tough and we're really not trained to deal with this kind of situation, so we've had to wing it really," he adds.
'Being thanked more than ever'
The government says there are "tentative signs" the petrol crisis is stabilising, but retailers say the demand for petrol isn't slowing down yet.
Callum feels there are always some customers that are aggressive but it's been "ramped up" in the past few days.
"The desperation aspect has made it ramp up. We've had complaints against us personally because we've run out, but we have no control over that."
But there have also been kinder customers, with Callum being "thanked more in the past week than I have my entire life".
He feels there are customers "genuinely running out of fuel" but there are also those coming who still have half a tank of petrol in their car.
"Most people are wonderful and understand the situation. But you've always got the minority who are quite selfish and inward looking."
"We've had to tell them you don't need any right now unless you have a long distance journey."
What's causing the problem?
A shortage of lorry drivers has created problems for a range of industries in recent months, from supermarkets to fast food chains.
Last month McDonald's said it ran out of milkshakes at restaurants in England, Scotland and Wales, saying a lorry driver shortage was one reason.
In recent days, some fuel deliveries were affected, leading to panic buying and lengthy queues at some petrol stations.
The government has said it's considering deploying the army to deliver fuel.
It also announced it would offer temporary visas, lasting until Christmas Eve, to 5,000 foreign fuel tanker and food lorry drivers and 5,500 poultry workers in a bid to limit disruption in the build up to Christmas.
Callum says he's grateful for his colleagues during all of this and wants people to show patience.
"It's the same up and down the country. People just need to understand this is something that people who work at petrol stations have never been through before."
"Everyone's putting in their best efforts to try and make sure that everybody gets the fuel they need," he adds.
Former police officer Wayne Couzens is due to appear in court today as he faces sentencing for the murder of Sarah Everard.
Couzens kidnapped, raped and killed the 33-year-old marketing executive, whose death sparked outrage and protests at the rates of violence against women.
Ms Everarddisappeared as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham, south London, on the evening of 3 March.
Image:Sarah Everard was abducted as she walked home
Image:CCTV footage showed Ms Everard entering a Sainsbury's store before she visited a friend's house
Couzens, then a serving diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police, had hired a white Vauxhall Astra which he used to abduct Ms Everard.
A bus camera captured the moment she was intercepted by Couzens, who had booked the hire car using his own personal details and bank card.
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The married father-of-two was arrested at his home in Deal, Kent, on 9 March - minutes after he had wiped his mobile phone data.
The following day, a week after Ms Everard disappeared, her body was found in woodland in Ashford, Kent, just metres from land owned by Couzens.
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He pleaded guilty to kidnap and rape in June, before admitting murder at a hearing the following month.
The 48-year-old was sacked by the Met Police following his guilty pleas.
A two-day sentencing hearing is taking place at London's Old Bailey on Wednesday and Thursday.
The judge, Lord Justice Fulford, has discussed the possibility of a whole-life prison term.
Image:Ms Everard's body was found in woodland in Ashford, Kent
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating whether the Met Police failed to investigate two allegations of indecent exposure relating to Couzens in February, just days before the killing.
Kent Police are also being investigated over their response to a third allegation of indecent exposure in 2015.
The murder of Ms Everard prompted an outpouring of emotion and a national debate over the safety of women on the UK's streets.
Vigils were held in several cities following her death, with the Duchess of Cambridge among those paying respect.
A Labour MP who said she would not be attending the party's conference in Brighton on security advice after allegedly getting threats has made an appearance at a rally in the city and criticised Sir Keir Starmer's position on women's rights.
Rosie Duffield has been criticised for her opposition to transgender women being able to access single-sex spaces such as domestic violence refuges, school toilets and prisons.
The Labour MP was reported to be staying away from the party's gathering in Brighton due to online threats from transgender campaigners.
Image:Rosie Duffield unexpectedly attended an event on Tuesday evening
On Sunday, Sir Keir Starmer said Ms Duffield was wrong to say that "only women have a cervix" in a tweet last year.
But making an unexpected appearance at an unofficial fringe event on Tuesday evening, Ms Duffield called on the Labour leader to "clear up" where Labour stand on the matter and stood by her comments.
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The MP for Canterbury told Sky News: "I feel like the Labour Party has to have some clear lines and Keir especially is, sort of, didn't come across as particularly clear on that interview the other day.
"What women like me want is just a pledge that the single-sex exemptions will be kept in the 2010 Equality Act.
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"We are absolutely okay with the path to self ID being made easier and trans rights being made easier, but we have to have single sex spaces protected and that is all we want really."
Asked if she would quit the party in the face of the criticism she has received, Ms Duffield said: "Absolutely not, no."
Image:Sir Keir Starmer said Ms Duffield was wrong to say that 'only women have a cervix'
And pressed on whether she will keep voicing her opinions, the Labour MP added: "Yes, I mean, you know, someone has to, and me and my colleagues that are here tonight need a voice, need to speak to be able to speak up.
"Many thousands of women have been in touch with me, it is not a niche issue, and I know that some in the party want to bury their heads into the sand and say it is just a really niche, non-important issue - but it is one of the issues that people are talking about a lot at the moment and we need to clear up where we stand."
Around 25 protesters gathered outside the venue of the event, which was not disclosed until soon before it started in order to protect Ms Duffield's safety.
Security guards were also closely monitoring the hotel in which the rally took place and Ms Duffield confirmed to Sky News that she is "not doing conference" and is just attending "this one event" at The Old Ship Hotel on the Brighton seafront.
The Labour MP said she was asked to attend the event by friends and felt it was important to speak on the issue which "quite a few" other Labour MPs agree with her position on.
"Understandably, they are not necessarily ready to speak out."
Image:A number of protesters gathered outside the event venue
Asked about the issue during an appearance on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Sir Keir said there needed to be a "mature and respectful debate" around trans rights.
He said trans individuals are among the "most marginalised and abused communities".
And on Ms Duffield, he declined to call her remarks transphobic, but added: "It is something that shouldn't be said. It is not right.
"I spoke to Rosie earlier this week and told her conference is a safe place for her to come, and it is a safe place for her to come.
"We do everybody a disservice when we reduce what is a really important issue to these exchanges on particular things that are said."
Sir Keir added: "We need to have a mature, respectful debate about trans rights and we need to bear in mind that the trans community are amongst the most marginalised and abused communities, and wherever we've got to on the law, we need to go further."
Image:Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, said it was a 'concern' that Ms Duffield felt unable to travel to Brighton for conference
Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, said it was a "concern" that Ms Duffield felt unable to travel to Brighton for conference and promised "robust" action against any party member who targets her.
"Rosie deserves our full support and protection against that and she would get that," she told Sky's Trevor Phillips on Sunday programme.
"If she had come to conference, we would have risk-assessed and made sure that she had every bit of support that she needed to be here."
Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to say if he is moving Labour away from the left to the centre of British politics, but insisted: "You can't lose four elections and not change".
On the eve of his first in-person Labour conference speech as party leader, Sir Keir said he was focussed on turning Labour "from a party that looks inward to a party that looks outward" and "from a party that looks backwards to a party that looks forward".
The Labour leader told Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby that the change to the party during this week's conference in Brighton had been "profound", following his efforts to alter Labour's internal rulebook.
Image:Sir Keir admitted he and deputy leader Angela Rayner have 'disagreements'
The first few days of Labour's gathering in Brighton were dominated by a row over Sir Keir's efforts to change the party's rules on leadership elections, with him accused of attempting to freeze out the party's left-wing from future contests.
Sir Keir denied he was pleased to see Mr McDonald - who had been among the last remaining supporters of his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, in the shadow cabinet - announce he was leaving Labour's top team.
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But he said: "I don't want to have a discussion about Andy McDonald, I want our party to be focussed on the country.
"The change this week has been profound for our party."
And on his battle to change Labour's rulebook, Sir Keir added: "A lot of people said to me 'why are you doing this Keir? Are you going to get it over the line?'.
"I took a lot of criticism, but we stuck with it because it was a tough decision that had to be taken.
"You can't lose four elections and not change, and we've changed."
However, pressed on whether the Brighton gathering had shown how he was moving Labour away from Mr Corbyn's leftist agenda, Sir Keir repeatedly refused to engage with the suggestion he was positioning his party closer to the centre of British politics.
"I want to move the party to a position where it focuses on what matters to working families," he said.
"Let me tell you what that is, that is a decent education for every child, it is secure work, well-paid work near where people live, it is a health service that works for people where they need it and security."
He added: "I'm moving it from a party that looks inward to a party that looks outward, I'm moving it from a party that looks backwards to a party that looks forward."
As well as Mr McDonald's resignation, Sir Keir and his allies have also been forced to field questions about Ms Rayner's description of Conservatives as "scum" to Labour activists during a conference rally.
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Asked if this hindered his efforts to win back former Labour voters who backed the Tories in recent elections, Sir Keir said: "I wouldn't use language.
"Angela Rayner and I have different approaches and different styles.
"It's not language I would have used. Angela and I talk everyday - of course we have huge agreements and disagreements."
But he added both he and his deputy had "one central aim" to "get the Labour Party in a position to win an election, and then to win an election".
The fuel situation in the UK is starting to improve, PM Boris Johnson has said - as he urged motorists to fill up their cars in the "normal way".
He said the situation on the forecourts was "stabilising" and people should be "confident" to go about their business.
The Petrol Retailers Association also said there were "early signs" the pressure was starting to ease after days of queues and pump closures.
Labour said the government had let the country "crash from crisis to crisis".
There have been calls for key workers, such as health and social care staff, to receive priority at the pumps after some reported not being able to get to work due to the supply issues.
Meanwhile, dozens of Army tankers are on stand-by to help with the high demand.
Making his first public comments on the fuel problems, the prime minster said he sympathised with people who had been unable to get fuel over recent days, calling it "frustrating and infuriating".
"What we're hearing from the industry is the situation at forecourts is stabilising," he said.
"I would just urge everyone to go about their business in the normal way and fill up when you need it."
Asked if key workers such as NHS staff should be prioritised he said "with things stabilising - the best thing is - we stabilise in the normal way".
A government source confirmed reports that 16% of all petrol stations were now fully supplied with fuel, compared to 10% at the weekend during some of the worst of the fuel rush.
The source said that 40% of petrol stations being fully supplied was a more normal figure before the rush on fuel.
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), which represents nearly 5,500 of the UK's 8,000 stations, said around 37% of its sites had run out of fuel - compared with two-thirds being without on Sunday.
PRA executive director Gordon Balmer said: "With regular restocks taking place, this percentage [of petrol stations with fuel] is likely to improve further over the next 24 hours.
"There are early signs that the crisis at pumps is ending, with more of our members reporting that they are now taking further deliveries of fuel.
"Fuel stocks remain normal at refineries and terminals, although deliveries have been reduced due to the shortage of HGV drivers."
The government has said people needlessly buying fuel has led to queues at many forecourts, with fuel running out in some places.
The UK is estimated to be short of more than 100,000 lorry drivers - causing problems for a range of industries, including food suppliers and supermarkets, in recent months.
The prime minister said panic buying of petrol followed a "slightly misleading" account of the shortages of lorry drivers which caused an "understandable surge in public demand".
He said: "The actual number of lorry drivers that we're short in that particular sector isn't very big. But generally there is a shortage in that profession around the world."
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he had talked to hauliers earlier in the day and was told that the government was in denial over the problems.
"These were their words, they said, 'it's a government that is denying there's a problem, then blaming somebody else, and then coming up with a half-baked plan'."
He said the government should "give priority to key workers" to get petrol, and "issue enough visas" to deal with the shortage of lorry drivers.
"The government has reduced the country to chaos as we crash from crisis to crisis. And the government is not gripping this," he said.
Doctors, nurses, and unions for teachers, prison and care staff are among those who have called for essential workers to be given priority for fuel.
Some patients relying on vital services delivered in their homes have complained of missed appointments because of the fuel crisis.
Sarah Jane Barnes, from Berkshire, told the BBC that her elderly mother had missed two out of three dialysis appointments because health workers were unable to get enough fuel to reach her.
Rosemary Botting, who runs Karosel Care and Domestic Services in West Sussex, said one of her carers was half an hour late to her first call because of traffic caused by queues at petrol stations.
She said that meant her carer's first patient was unable to get out of bed until she arrived, while it also had a knock-on effect on her other patients.
Dr Jane Townson, chief executive of UK Homecare Association, warned that some people who depend on carers for tasks like taking pain medication could die if they are left without help.
Unison urged ministers to "designate fuel stations for the sole use of key workers" while the NASUWT union called for teachers to be prioritised to safeguard children's education.
Roger Grosvenor, of the East of England Co-op petrol stations, told the BBC the group would create a daily priority hour for emergency workers if fuel supply problems had not eased by Thursday.
Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the government's move to place the Army on stand-by was a "sensible, precautionary step".
The government has also authorised an extension to special driver licences that allow drivers to transport goods such as fuel.
ADR licences due to expire between 27 September and 31 December will have their validity extended until 31 January 2022, without refresher training or exams.
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The first "very tentative signs of stabilisation" are being seen on petrol forecourts, the transport secretary has said, following days of long queues and closed pumps at some filling stations across the country.
Grant Shapps said the sooner people returned to their normal habits and stopped panic buying petrol and diesel, the sooner the fuel supply crisis would start to ease.
He said queues are likely to continue in the coming days, but fuel levels on forecourts are beginning to increase.
"A lot of petrol is now being transferred into people's cars and there are now the first very tentative signs of stabilisation in the forecourt storage which won't be reflected in the queues as yet, but it's the first time we've seen more petrol in the petrol stations itself," said the cabinet minister.
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"The sooner we can all return to our normal buying habits, the sooner the situation will return to normal.
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"We all need to play our part and certainly don't do things like bring water bottles to petrol stations, it is dangerous and extremely unhelpful."
Responding to criticism that government action - such as putting the army on standby to deliver fuel where it is needed the most - has been slow, the cabinet minister said, "numerous different measures" had been put in place since April to remedy the supply crisis which has been caused by a shortage of fuel tanker drivers.
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Denying the government had ignored warnings for months about a looming driver shortage, Mr Shapps said: "We have already put 18 different steps in place, which I should say stretch right the way back to the spring."
He said as a result of the measures put in place, the system was just about coping until last weekend, and would have continued to, but for the "stampede" in panic buying.
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"Unfortunately, as we have seen with toilet rolls and other things, once people start to pursue a particular item it can quickly escalate...there is almost nothing you can do to the supply system to prevent it," he said.
"But there is only so much petrol you can transfer into tanks. That is starting to work its way through."
Mr Shapps said the primary cause of the shortages had been the cancellation of HGV driver testing last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, which he said had delayed 30,000 drivers from taking their tests.
However, he also acknowledged the role of Brexit in the crisis.
"Brexit I hear mentioned a lot and it no doubt will have been a factor," he said.
"On the other hand, it has actually helped us to change rules to be able to test more drivers more quickly. So, it has actually worked in both ways."
Army tanker drivers have been put on a state of readiness should they be needed to ease the chaos on fuel supply chains.
Motorists are still facing long queues at filling stations, with fights reportedly breaking out on some forecourts as petrol pumps run dry and limits on sales are imposed.
The British Medical Association has warned essential services could be hit and the NASUWT teachers' union has said there is a risk of further disruption to education - if staff are unable to get to work.
Despite government appeals for motorists to fill up as normal, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said on Tuesday there is little sign of that happening - with social media driving the dash to the pumps.
"As soon as the tanker arrives at a filling station people on social media are advising that a tanker has arrived and it is like bees to a honeypot," its chairman Brian Madderson told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
"Everyone flocks there and within a few hours it is out again."
