petrol

One in ten motorists say they would drive off without paying for fuel as cost-of-living concerns continue to rise

  • Motorists admit they are willing to fill up even if they don’t have enough money to pay (7%)
  • Nearly 1 in 10 motorists admit they witnessed someone leaving a forecourt without paying (10%)
  • Men are twice as likely to drive off without paying compared to female motorists (M: 14% / F: 6.4%)
  • Young motorists, aged between 18-24, are the most likely to drive
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Trading Standards to 'test' more petrol pumps for accuracy this summer

Trading Standards will increase the number of routine petrol forecourt checks across Devon, Plymouth, Somerset, and Torbay this summer.

Usually around a dozen forecourts a year are tested – this summer up to an extra 20 will be tested, with a possibility of more if needed.

Fuel pumps are regularly tested by Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service to ensure that the...

Petrol 99p a litre from midday at Tesco

From midday today (FRIDAY) the price of unleaded petrol hit 99.9p at all of Tesco’s 500 Petrol filling stations. There’ll also be a penny drop on diesel meaning no customer misses out by shopping at Tesco this Christmas.

Peter Cattell, Fuel Director for Tesco said: “We want to do all we can to help our customers in the run-up to Christmas. We know that our customers really value low...

Changes to way police deal with fuel bilking

Devon and Cornwall Police are continuing to change the way incidents are dealt with, to ensure the best service possible can be given to the public with the existing resources.

Across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in 2015 the Force received around 1,600 reports where a customer had left without paying for fuel from a garage forecourt. These are not offences of fraud or theft...

Police appeal after filling station assault

P olice would like to speak to anybody who may have witnessed an assault that occurred at the Tesco filling station in Woolwell Crescent, Bickleigh Down Business Park in Plymouth, between 12:50 and 1.15pm on Sunday 7 December.

The victim was assaulted by a man on the forecourt and then shortly after the same man accosted him near to the pedestrian crossing beside Domino’s pizza. The...

Police hunt following Bonfire Night PCSO assault

Police in Plymouth are seeking the identity of a man who is alleged to have been involved in an incident that took place on the West Park playing field on Ringmore Way in Plymouth, sometime between around 4.30pm and 5pm on Tuesday 5 November. - Bonfire Night

It is alleged that a small group of youths were nearby and one offender threw petrol over an unlit bonfire with some petrol also...